(20424) 1998 VF 30

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Asteroid
(20424) 1998 VF 30
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Jupiter Trojan (L 4 )
Major semi-axis 5.2144  AU
eccentricity 0.1305
Perihelion - aphelion 4.5339 AU - 5.8948 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 25.6387 °
Sidereal period 11.91 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 10.3 mag
history
Explorer LINEAR
Date of discovery November 10, 1998
Another name 1999 XN 210
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(20424) 1998 VF 30 is an asteroid belonging to the group of Jupiter Trojans . This describes asteroids that move around the sun on the Lagrange points on Jupiter's orbit . (20424) 1998 VF 30 was discovered on November 10, 1998 by the astronomers of the LINEAR project at the Lincoln Laboratory ETS ( IAU code 704) near Socorro . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .

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