(9940) 1988 VM3

Infobox Planet
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width = 25em
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
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name = mp|(9940) 1988 VM|3
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caption = Orbit of mp|(9940) 1988 VM|3 (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = Y. Oshima
discovered = November 11, 1988
designations = yes
mp_name = mp|(9940) 1988 VM|3
alt_names = mp|1978 NV|4
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.5394737 AU
perihelion = 1.8034799 AU
semimajor = 2.1714768 AU
eccentricity = 0.1694685
period = 1168.7758417 d
avg_speed =
inclination = 2.21312°
asc_node = 357.66481°
mean_anomaly = 25.31869°
arg_peri = 341.20965°
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions = ~13.5 km [cite web|url = http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/123/2/1056/FP206.txt?request-id=ZkkEm1jA3BGTV3i82wi7Kg|title = The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)|author = Tedesco E.F., Noah P.V., Noah M., Price S.D.]
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escape_velocity =
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axial_tilt =
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albedo = ~0.01
temperatures=yes
temp_name1 = Kelvin
mean_temp_1 =
max_temp_1 =
temp_name2 = Celsius
max_temp_2 =
spectral_type =
abs_magnitude = 14.4

mp|(9940) 1988 VM|3 is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.20 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9940|title = 9940 (1988 VM3)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser | publisher = NASA/JPL | accessdate = 2008-02-20]

Discovered on November 11, 1988 by Yoshiaki Oshima at the Gekko Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "mp|1988 VM|3". [MPO 97227 "Minor Planet Center"]

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