Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | Y. Oshima | |||||||||
Discovery date | November 11, 1988 | |||||||||
Designations
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MPC designation | (9940) 1988 VM3 | |||||||||
Alternate name(s) | 1978 NV4 | |||||||||
Epoch October 27, 2007 | ||||||||||
Ap | 2.5394737 AU | |||||||||
Peri | 1.8034799 AU | |||||||||
Semi-major axis | 2.1714768 AU | |||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.1694685 | |||||||||
Orbital period | 1168.7758417 d | |||||||||
Mean anomaly | 25.31869° | |||||||||
Inclination | 2.21312° | |||||||||
Longitude of ascending node | 357.66481° | |||||||||
Argument of peri | 341.20965° | |||||||||
Dimensions | ~13.5 km[1] | |||||||||
Geometric albedo | ~0.01 | |||||||||
Surface temp. Kelvin Celsius |
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Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 | |||||||||
(9940) 1988 VM3 is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.20 years.[2]
Discovered on November 11, 1988 by Yoshiaki Oshima at the Gekko Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "1988 VM3".[3]
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