10387 Bepicolombo

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10387 Bepicolombo

Summary

10387 Bepicolombo is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 10387 Bepicolombo is credited with the discovery of Piero Sicoli[3].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo is credited with the discovery of Francesco Manca[4].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano[6].
  • Giuseppe Colombo is named after 10387 Bepicolombo[7].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's follows is recorded as 10386 Romulus[8].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's followed by is recorded as 10388 Zhuguangya[9].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[10].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 FT2[12].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 UQ[13].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's catalog code is recorded as 1996 UQ[14].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's catalog code is recorded as 1990 FT2[15].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-10-18T00:00:00Z[16].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0z9t[17].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010387[18].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's significant event is recorded as naming[19].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.16'}[20].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1613141'}[21].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1630608648104713'}[22].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18.05'}[23].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}[24].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.66'}[25].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.66392'}[26].
  • 10387 Bepicolombo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.65979129796333'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Piero Sicoli[3], an astronomer[28], b. 1954[29], of Italy[30], specialised in astronomy[31] and Francesco Manca[4], an astronomer[32], b. 1966[33], of Italy[34], specialised in astronomy[35].

Why It Matters

10387 Bepicolombo has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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