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(73645) 1978 VX2

asteroid
Place asteroid Q5779510

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
(73644) 1978 UD7[5]
Followed by
(73646) 1978 VT3[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.91[13]
Apoapsis
2.779095708917134[18]
Argument of periapsis
263.8433613023433[20]
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[22]
Longitude of ascending node
236.5188674945209[16]
Mean anomaly
129.9365801484953[21]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.08952966065189519[12]
Orbital inclination
12.44037455020677[14]
Orbital period
1487.973154184955[15]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.322363772698677[19]
Provisional designation
1978 VX2, 2000 EX92[9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.550729740807906[17]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[11]
Time of periapsis
2460463.4384916457
🏷️ Also known as
en (73645) 1978 VX2 ru 1978 VX2 ru 2000 EX92 zh 小行星73645
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122zd821
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20073645
Minor Planet Center body ID
73645

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(73646) 1978 VT3
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(73646) 1978 VT3
Follows 1
(73644) 1978 UD7
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(73644) 1978 UD7
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

(73645) 1978 VX2 is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Eleanor F. Helin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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