11966 Plateau

Summary

11966 Plateau is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 11966 Plateau is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 11966 Plateau's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 11966 Plateau's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Joseph Plateau is named after 11966 Plateau^[6].
• 11966 Plateau followed 11965 Catullus^[7].
• 11966 Plateau was followed by Q1485403^[8].
• 11966 Plateau's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 11966 Plateau's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 11966 Plateau's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PJ20^[11].
• 11966 Plateau's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 YL24^[12].
• 11966 Plateau's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-08-12T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 11966 Plateau's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 11966 Plateau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04'}^[15].
• 11966 Plateau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0378006'}^[16].
• 11966 Plateau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04126710524650153'}^[17].
• 11966 Plateau's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.0'}^[18].
• 11966 Plateau's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.15'}^[19].
• 11966 Plateau's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.99262'}^[20].
• 11966 Plateau's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.9980233322229519'}^[21].
• 11966 Plateau's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.77'}^[22].
• 11966 Plateau's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1741.75117319693'}^[23].
• 11966 Plateau's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+266.16496'}^[24].
• 11966 Plateau's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+265.8298164190213'}^[25].
• 11966 Plateau's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.8346420'}^[26].
• 11966 Plateau's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.833077510368913'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

11966 Plateau's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Joseph Plateau is named after 11966 Plateau^[6].

Why It Matters

11966 Plateau has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]