100936 Mekong

Summary

100936 Mekong is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 100936 Mekong is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 100936 Mekong's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 100936 Mekong's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Mekong River is named after 100936 Mekong^[6].
• 100936 Mekong followed (100935) 1998 MA42^[7].
• 100936 Mekong was followed by (100937) 1998 MH43^[8].
• 100936 Mekong's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 100936 Mekong's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 100936 Mekong's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 PR74^[11].
• 100936 Mekong's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 ME43^[12].
• 100936 Mekong's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-06-26T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 100936 Mekong's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 100936 Mekong's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[15].
• 100936 Mekong's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1306149989197437'}^[16].
• 100936 Mekong's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.1'}^[17].
• 100936 Mekong's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.18'}^[18].
• 100936 Mekong's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.6'}^[19].
• 100936 Mekong's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.602982682691361'}^[20].
• 100936 Mekong's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1364.769666747996'}^[21].
• 100936 Mekong's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+283.6'}^[22].
• 100936 Mekong's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+283.4309969336626'}^[23].
• 100936 Mekong's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.407912066034188'}^[24].
• 100936 Mekong's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.722421497938082'}^[25].
• 100936 Mekong's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.093402634130295'}^[26].
• 100936 Mekong's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+357.8'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

100936 Mekong's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Mekong River is named after 100936 Mekong^[6].

Why It Matters

100936 Mekong has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]