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(73647) 1978 VL9

Summary

(73647) 1978 VL9 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (73647) 1978 VL9 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's follows is recorded as (73646) 1978 VT3[6].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's followed by is recorded as (73648) 1979 ME6[7].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VL9[10].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XH71[11].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20073647[13].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1619487036172012'}[14].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.85'}[15].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.664059617318929'}[16].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1530.338103577207'}[17].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+161.4611110398768'}[18].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.598918396443525'}[19].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.019809861554449'}[20].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.178026931332601'}[21].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+243.1384986189299'}[22].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+91.49702028961757'}[23].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1232jqm3[24].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 73647[25].
  • (73647) 1978 VL9's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(73647) 1978 VL9's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Related Entities

Eleanor F. Helin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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 . 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.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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