11876 Doncarpenter

Summary

11876 Doncarpenter is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 11876 Doncarpenter is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Don Carpenter is named after 11876 Doncarpenter^[6].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's follows is recorded as 11875 Rhône^[7].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's followed by is recorded as (11877) 1990 EL8^[8].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 EM1^[11].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 QR2^[12].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-03-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1gm0^[14].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011876^[15].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[17].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1551907'}^[18].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1553031069428646'}^[19].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[20].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.29'}^[21].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.40574'}^[22].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.408003172116583'}^[23].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.79'}^[24].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1384.316446777939'}^[25].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+234.10921'}^[26].
• 11876 Doncarpenter's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+234.0353521664271'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11876 Doncarpenter's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Don Carpenter is named after 11876 Doncarpenter^[6].

Why It Matters

11876 Doncarpenter has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]