11066 Sigurd

Summary

11066 Sigurd is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11066 Sigurd is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 11066 Sigurd is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 11066 Sigurd's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 11066 Sigurd's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 11066 Sigurd's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Sigurd is named after 11066 Sigurd^[8].
• 11066 Sigurd's follows is recorded as (11065) 1991 XE2^[9].
• 11066 Sigurd's followed by is recorded as 11067 Greenancy^[10].
• 11066 Sigurd's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[11].
• 11066 Sigurd's Commons category is recorded as 11066 Sigurd^[12].
• 11066 Sigurd's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 11066 Sigurd's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 GE^[14].
• 11066 Sigurd's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 CC1^[15].
• 11066 Sigurd's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-02-09T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 11066 Sigurd's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygl3w^[17].
• 11066 Sigurd's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011066^[18].
• 11066 Sigurd's asteroid spectral type is recorded as K-type asteroid^[19].
• 11066 Sigurd's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 11066 Sigurd's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3751'}^[21].
• 11066 Sigurd's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3753886'}^[22].
• 11066 Sigurd's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3753616334600849'}^[23].
• 11066 Sigurd's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[24].
• 11066 Sigurd's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.17'}^[25].
• 11066 Sigurd's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+36.88262'}^[26].
• 11066 Sigurd's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+36.87645883082811'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and near-Earth object^[6].

History and Context

Sigurd is named after 11066 Sigurd^[8].

Why It Matters

11066 Sigurd ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]