10799 Yucatán

Summary

10799 Yucatán is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 10799 Yucatán is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 10799 Yucatán's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10799 Yucatán's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• Yucatan Peninsula is named after 10799 Yucatán^[6].
• 10799 Yucatán's follows is recorded as (10798) 1992 LK^[7].
• 10799 Yucatán's followed by is recorded as (10800) 1992 OM8^[8].
• 10799 Yucatán's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10799 Yucatán's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10799 Yucatán's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 WN3^[11].
• 10799 Yucatán's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 OY2^[12].
• 10799 Yucatán's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-07-26T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 10799 Yucatán's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04631sd^[14].
• 10799 Yucatán's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010799^[15].
• 10799 Yucatán's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 10799 Yucatán's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[17].
• 10799 Yucatán's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1940933'}^[18].
• 10799 Yucatán's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1941519708373501'}^[19].
• 10799 Yucatán's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[20].
• 10799 Yucatán's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.25'}^[21].
• 10799 Yucatán's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.57395'}^[22].
• 10799 Yucatán's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.577295904686249'}^[23].
• 10799 Yucatán's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.86'}^[24].
• 10799 Yucatán's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1409.065547371581'}^[25].
• 10799 Yucatán's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+134.05685'}^[26].
• 10799 Yucatán's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133.918347454851'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10799 Yucatán's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Yucatan Peninsula is named after 10799 Yucatán^[6].

Why It Matters

10799 Yucatán has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]