10020 Bagenal

Summary

10020 Bagenal is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10020 Bagenal is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 10020 Bagenal's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10020 Bagenal's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Fran Bagenal is named after 10020 Bagenal^[6].
• 10020 Bagenal's follows is recorded as 10019 Wesleyfraser^[7].
• 10020 Bagenal's followed by is recorded as 10021 Henja^[8].
• 10020 Bagenal's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10020 Bagenal's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10020 Bagenal's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 OQ5^[11].
• 10020 Bagenal's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 WK10^[12].
• 10020 Bagenal's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 HN2^[13].
• 10020 Bagenal's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-07-24T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 10020 Bagenal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j4jcr6^[15].
• 10020 Bagenal's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010020^[16].
• 10020 Bagenal's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 10020 Bagenal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[18].
• 10020 Bagenal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0683307'}^[19].
• 10020 Bagenal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06548409154360735'}^[20].
• 10020 Bagenal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.4'}^[21].
• 10020 Bagenal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.56'}^[22].
• 10020 Bagenal's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.83434'}^[23].
• 10020 Bagenal's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.83550761534321'}^[24].
• 10020 Bagenal's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.53'}^[25].
• 10020 Bagenal's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2020.830699142558'}^[26].
• 10020 Bagenal's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.349'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10020 Bagenal's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Fran Bagenal is named after 10020 Bagenal^[6].

Why It Matters

10020 Bagenal ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]