10642 Charmaine

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10642 Charmaine

Summary

10642 Charmaine is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 10642 Charmaine is credited with the discovery of Andrea Boattini[3].
  • 10642 Charmaine is credited with the discovery of Luciano Tesi[4].
  • 10642 Charmaine's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • 10642 Charmaine's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory[6].
  • 10642 Charmaine's follows is recorded as (10641) 1998 XS52[7].
  • 10642 Charmaine's followed by is recorded as (10643) 1999 CE78[8].
  • 10642 Charmaine's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 10642 Charmaine's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 10642 Charmaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 JL3[11].
  • 10642 Charmaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 RY24[12].
  • 10642 Charmaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WX33[13].
  • 10642 Charmaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 BF8[14].
  • 10642 Charmaine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-01-19T00:00:00Z[15].
  • 10642 Charmaine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1696[16].
  • 10642 Charmaine's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010642[17].
  • 10642 Charmaine's significant event is recorded as naming[18].
  • 10642 Charmaine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}[19].
  • 10642 Charmaine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0772242'}[20].
  • 10642 Charmaine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07458784787487226'}[21].
  • 10642 Charmaine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}[22].
  • 10642 Charmaine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.19'}[23].
  • 10642 Charmaine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.34043'}[24].
  • 10642 Charmaine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.336080794236783'}[25].
  • 10642 Charmaine's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.39'}[26].
  • 10642 Charmaine's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1970.994439105577'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10642 Charmaine's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

10642 Charmaine has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor Andrea Boattini, Luciano Tesi
    Apoapsis {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.312'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.305977598086668'}
    Mean anomaly {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+289.78951'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.58589104734636'}
    Parent astronomical body Sun
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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