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(9939) 1988 VK

Summary

(9939) 1988 VK is an asteroid[1]. (9939) 1988 VK has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • (9939) 1988 VK is credited with the discovery of Takuo Kojima[3].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf99391988VK.gif[4].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Chiyoda[6].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as YGCO Chiyoda Station[7].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's follows is recorded as 9938 Kretlow[8].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's followed by is recorded as (9940) 1988 VM3[9].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[10].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 VK[12].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 PH1[13].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-11-03T00:00:00Z[14].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03m69jy[15].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009939[16].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}[17].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1556933'}[18].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1555113313567598'}[19].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}[20].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.44'}[21].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.78443'}[22].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.78292'}[23].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.784599666582443'}[24].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.25'}[25].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1187.366387509432'}[26].
  • (9939) 1988 VK's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+110.20669'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(9939) 1988 VK's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(9939) 1988 VK has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] (9939) 1988 VK is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . 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. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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