(9940) 1988 VM3
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| Discovery | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | Y. Oshima | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | 11 November 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| MPC designation | (9940) 1988 VM3 | ||||||||||||
| 1978 NV4 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |||||||||||||
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |||||||||||||
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |||||||||||||
| Observation arc | 23830 days (65.24 yr) | ||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.5401634 AU (380.00304 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 1.8034092 AU (269.78618 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| 2.1717863 AU (324.89461 Gm) | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1696194 | ||||||||||||
| 3.20 yr (1169.0 d) | |||||||||||||
| 228.96182° | |||||||||||||
| 0° 18m 28.615s / day | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 2.211676° | ||||||||||||
| 357.61639° | |||||||||||||
| 341.50357° | |||||||||||||
| Earth MOID | 0.792702 AU (118.5865 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Jupiter MOID | 2.82164 AU (422.111 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Dimensions | ~13.5 km[2] | ||||||||||||
| ~0.01 | |||||||||||||
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| 14.6 | |||||||||||||
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(9940) 1988 VM3 is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.20 years.[1]
Discovered on November 11, 1988, by Yoshiaki Oshima at the Gekko Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "1988 VM3".[3]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 9940 (1988 VM3)". NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ Tedesco E.F.; Noah P.V.; Noah M.; Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
- ↑ MPO 97227 Minor Planet Center
External links
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