11980 Ellis

Summary

11980 Ellis is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 11980 Ellis is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 11980 Ellis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 11980 Ellis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• 11980 Ellis's follows is recorded as (11979) 1995 SS5^[6].
• 11980 Ellis's followed by is recorded as 11981 Boncompagni^[7].
• 11980 Ellis's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 11980 Ellis's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 11980 Ellis's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 SP8^[10].
• 11980 Ellis's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HW90^[11].
• 11980 Ellis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-09-17T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 11980 Ellis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1k9g^[13].
• 11980 Ellis's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011980^[14].
• 11980 Ellis's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 11980 Ellis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[16].
• 11980 Ellis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1071839'}^[17].
• 11980 Ellis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1093411773513669'}^[18].
• 11980 Ellis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[19].
• 11980 Ellis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.87'}^[20].
• 11980 Ellis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.43291'}^[21].
• 11980 Ellis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.432094692565417'}^[22].
• 11980 Ellis's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.86'}^[23].
• 11980 Ellis's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1410.330595203913'}^[24].
• 11980 Ellis's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+172.63847'}^[25].
• 11980 Ellis's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+172.578271323553'}^[26].
• 11980 Ellis's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4617484'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11980 Ellis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

11980 Ellis has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]