11696 Capen

Summary

11696 Capen is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11696 Capen is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 11696 Capen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 11696 Capen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 11696 Capen's follows is recorded as 11695 Mattei^[6].
• 11696 Capen's followed by is recorded as 11697 Estrella^[7].
• 11696 Capen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 11696 Capen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 11696 Capen's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 GG1^[10].
• 11696 Capen's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 BS1^[11].
• 11696 Capen's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FD74^[12].
• 11696 Capen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 11696 Capen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qk8fj^[14].
• 11696 Capen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011696^[15].
• 11696 Capen's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 11696 Capen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 11696 Capen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1442413'}^[18].
• 11696 Capen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1443175154718482'}^[19].
• 11696 Capen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[20].
• 11696 Capen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.38'}^[21].
• 11696 Capen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.49651'}^[22].
• 11696 Capen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.497558820023882'}^[23].
• 11696 Capen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.28'}^[24].
• 11696 Capen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1196.386180408751'}^[25].
• 11696 Capen's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.527'}^[26].
• 11696 Capen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+66.31954'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11696 Capen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

11696 Capen ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]