11926 Orinoco

Summary

11926 Orinoco is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 11926 Orinoco is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 11926 Orinoco's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 11926 Orinoco's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Côte d'Azur Observatory^[5].
• Orinoco River is named after 11926 Orinoco^[6].
• 11926 Orinoco followed 11925 Usubae^[7].
• 11926 Orinoco was followed by 11927 Mount Kent^[8].
• 11926 Orinoco's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 11926 Orinoco's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 11926 Orinoco's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 YM2^[11].
• 11926 Orinoco's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 XM22^[12].
• 11926 Orinoco's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-12-18T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 11926 Orinoco's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 11926 Orinoco's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[15].
• 11926 Orinoco's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0981411'}^[16].
• 11926 Orinoco's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09804312885468511'}^[17].
• 11926 Orinoco's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.0'}^[18].
• 11926 Orinoco's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.09'}^[19].
• 11926 Orinoco's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.96375'}^[20].
• 11926 Orinoco's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.964126319786266'}^[21].
• 11926 Orinoco's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.83'}^[22].
• 11926 Orinoco's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1398.546493725814'}^[23].
• 11926 Orinoco's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+86.15816'}^[24].
• 11926 Orinoco's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+86.09173844332031'}^[25].
• 11926 Orinoco's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4472709'}^[26].
• 11926 Orinoco's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.44747907777721'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

11926 Orinoco's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Orinoco River is named after 11926 Orinoco^[6].

Why It Matters

11926 Orinoco has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]