(40237) 1998 VM6

(40237) 1998 VM₆ is a Jupiter Trojan minor planet, located in the L₄ Lagrangian point. It was discovered by Yoshisada Shimizu and Takeshi Urata at the Nachi-Katsuura Observatory in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan, on November 11, 1998.^[1]

See also

List of minor planets: 40001–41000

References

↑ JPL Small-Body Database Browser

Minor planets navigator

(40236) 1998 UF33 (40237) 1998 VM6 (40238) 1998 VR13

Small Solar System bodies

Designation Groups Moons Meanings of names Pronunciation of names

Asteroids	Aten asteroid Families Jupiter Trojans Main-belt Near-Earth Spectral types

Distant minor planets	Centaurs Damocloids Neptune trojans Trans-Neptunian objects Detached Kuiper belt Oort cloud Scattered disc

Lists / categories

Asteroid groups and families
Asteroid moons
Binary asteroids
Minor planets