11259 Yingtungchen

Summary

11259 Yingtungchen is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11259 Yingtungchen is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 11259 Yingtungchen is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[4].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 11259 Yingtungchen followed 11258 Aoyama^[7].
• 11259 Yingtungchen was followed by 11260 Camargo^[8].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VD3^[11].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 RP16^[12].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 7, 1978^[13].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01'}^[15].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0086668'}^[16].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.009088452854763373'}^[17].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[18].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.79'}^[19].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.38720'}^[20].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.389911727674122'}^[21].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.21'}^[22].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1536.726232265114'}^[23].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+306.68110'}^[24].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+306.4278661468384'}^[25].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6057378'}^[26].
• 11259 Yingtungchen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.606145860749228'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11259 Yingtungchen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

11259 Yingtungchen ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]