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1973 VN

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q15202193

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
(79576) 1998 QG98[4]
Followed by
1998 QD100[5]
Absolute magnitude
15.99[12]
Albedo
0.062[22]
Apoapsis
3.219484847024697 astronomical unit[17]
Argument of periapsis
352.5852863106147 degree[19]
Diameter
3.537 km[21]
Discoverer or inventor
Eric Walter Elst[2]
Epoch
October 17, 2024[23]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
37.40449580192173 degree[15]
Mean anomaly
59.39888373281693 degree[20]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.239742713686689[11]
Orbital inclination
3.301448657216627 degree[13]
Orbital period
1,528.553550506995 day[14]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
1.974310303342823 astronomical unit[18]
Provisional designation
1998 QX99, 1973 VN[8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.59689757518376 astronomical unit[16]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
August 26, 1998[10]
Time of periapsis
2,460,348.293403817 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
ru 1973 VN ru 1998 QX99 zh 小行星79577
🔖 Identifiers · 2
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20079577
Minor Planet Center body ID
79577

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Summary

1973 VN is an asteroid[1].

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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