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(500641) 2012 VK3

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(500641) 2012 VK3

Summary

(500641) 2012 VK3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500641) 2012 VK3 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 VK3[7].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-10-20T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08097268663851873'}[9].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.77'}[10].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.103434936181178'}[11].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2024.111343680202'}[12].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+60.35972797896826'}[13].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.131535321589913'}[14].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.385104149882467'}[15].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.87796649329736'}[16].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+34.57060118787044'}[17].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+80.35037567635736'}[18].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[19].
  • (500641) 2012 VK3's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460548.7274809014'}[20].

Body

Definition and Type

(500641) 2012 VK3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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