11796 Nirenberg

Summary

11796 Nirenberg is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11796 Nirenberg is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Karachkina^[3].
• 11796 Nirenberg's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 11796 Nirenberg's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Louis Nirenberg is named after 11796 Nirenberg^[6].
• 11796 Nirenberg's follows is recorded as 11795 Fredrikbruhn^[7].
• 11796 Nirenberg's followed by is recorded as 11797 Warell^[8].
• 11796 Nirenberg's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 11796 Nirenberg's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 11796 Nirenberg's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 DS4^[11].
• 11796 Nirenberg's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 FL^[12].
• 11796 Nirenberg's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 XP2^[13].
• 11796 Nirenberg's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 EL8^[14].
• 11796 Nirenberg's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-02-21T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 11796 Nirenberg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7p97^[16].
• 11796 Nirenberg's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011796^[17].
• 11796 Nirenberg's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 11796 Nirenberg's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[19].
• 11796 Nirenberg's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2016126'}^[20].
• 11796 Nirenberg's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2032928666103155'}^[21].
• 11796 Nirenberg's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[22].
• 11796 Nirenberg's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.49'}^[23].
• 11796 Nirenberg's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.69074'}^[24].
• 11796 Nirenberg's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.695718182062817'}^[25].
• 11796 Nirenberg's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.67'}^[26].
• 11796 Nirenberg's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1338.561117604549'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11796 Nirenberg's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Louis Nirenberg is named after 11796 Nirenberg^[6].

Why It Matters

11796 Nirenberg ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]