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(73646) 1978 VT3

asteroid
Place asteroid Q5779593

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
(73645) 1978 VX2[5]
Followed by
(73647) 1978 VL9[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.68[12]
Albedo
0.186[23]
Apoapsis
2.678309654374083[18]
Argument of periapsis
215.4474190776217[20]
Diameter
4.058[22]
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
63.37241266955836[16]
Mean anomaly
350.8494457993194[21]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.05252908258336523[11]
Orbital inclination
15.69947717232002[13]
Orbital period
1482.649344709455[14]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.410974240376537[19]
Provisional designation
1978 VT3[9]
Rotation period
3.17898[15]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.54464194737531[17]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[10]
Time of periapsis
2461038.186286637
🏷️ Also known as
en (73646) 1978 VT3 ru 1978 VT3 zh 小行星73646
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122z333k
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20073646
Minor Planet Center body ID
73646

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(73647) 1978 VL9
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(73647) 1978 VL9
Follows 1
(73645) 1978 VX2
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(73645) 1978 VX2
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

(73646) 1978 VT3 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.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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