(9940) 1988 VM3
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Discovered by | Y. Oshima | ||||||||||||
Discovery date | November 11, 1988 | ||||||||||||
Designations | |||||||||||||
MPC designation | (9940) 1988 VM3 | ||||||||||||
1978 NV4 | |||||||||||||
Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
Aphelion | 2.5394737 AU | ||||||||||||
Perihelion | 1.8034799 AU | ||||||||||||
2.1714768 AU | |||||||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.1694685 | ||||||||||||
1168.7758417 d | |||||||||||||
25.31869° | |||||||||||||
Inclination | 2.21312° | ||||||||||||
357.66481° | |||||||||||||
341.20965° | |||||||||||||
Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
Dimensions | ~13.5 km[1] | ||||||||||||
~0.01 | |||||||||||||
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14.4 | |||||||||||||
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(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]
References
- ↑ Tedesco E.F., Noah P.V., Noah M., Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
- ↑ "9940 (1988 VM3)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ MPO 97227 Minor Planet Center
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