(23418) 1979 QM3

Summary

(23418) 1979 QM3 is an asteroid^[1]. (23418) 1979 QM3 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]

Key Facts

• (23418) 1979 QM3 is credited with the discovery of Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist^[3].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's follows is recorded as (23417) 1979 MU6^[6].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's followed by is recorded as (23419) 1980 FQ1^[7].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 QM3^[10].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VJ9^[11].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-08-22T00:00:00Z^[12].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023418^[13].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[14].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1232509'}^[15].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1232094653763862'}^[16].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.9'}^[17].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.05'}^[18].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.27010'}^[19].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.269643023315417'}^[20].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.32'}^[21].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1213.728912004175'}^[22].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+148.55468'}^[23].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+148.4652519847162'}^[24].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2270751'}^[25].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.226804961569421'}^[26].
• (23418) 1979 QM3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.502'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(23418) 1979 QM3's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

(23418) 1979 QM3 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]