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(500653) 2012 VU16

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(500653) 2012 VU16

Summary

(500653) 2012 VU16 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500653) 2012 VU16 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS1[2].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 VU16[7].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-11-05T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20500653[9].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08486887689837212'}[10].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.06'}[11].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.557584789767667'}[12].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1997.032583836327'}[13].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+36.09238976730801'}[14].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.103543350663165'}[15].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.366937589239359'}[16].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.840149112086972'}[17].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.18433472186713'}[18].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+131.3863965785035'}[19].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11j8s4tlvq[20].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[21].
  • (500653) 2012 VU16's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460271.658569333'}[22].

Body

Works and Contributions

(500653) 2012 VU16 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS1[2].

References

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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 . 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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