10117 Tanikawa

Summary

10117 Tanikawa is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10117 Tanikawa is credited with the discovery of Masayuki Yanai^[3].
• 10117 Tanikawa is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 10117 Tanikawa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 10117 Tanikawa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• 10117 Tanikawa's follows is recorded as 10116 Robertfranz^[7].
• 10117 Tanikawa's followed by is recorded as 10118 Jiwu^[8].
• 10117 Tanikawa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10117 Tanikawa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10117 Tanikawa's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 TW^[11].
• 10117 Tanikawa's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 FZ12^[12].
• 10117 Tanikawa's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 LD^[13].
• 10117 Tanikawa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-10-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 10117 Tanikawa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh2qj^[15].
• 10117 Tanikawa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010117^[16].
• 10117 Tanikawa's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 10117 Tanikawa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[18].
• 10117 Tanikawa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1138955'}^[19].
• 10117 Tanikawa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1158629701530522'}^[20].
• 10117 Tanikawa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[21].
• 10117 Tanikawa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.24'}^[22].
• 10117 Tanikawa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.68997'}^[23].
• 10117 Tanikawa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.687328095555'}^[24].
• 10117 Tanikawa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.13'}^[25].
• 10117 Tanikawa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1871.981020700734'}^[26].
• 10117 Tanikawa's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.88064'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10117 Tanikawa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

10117 Tanikawa ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]