1279 Uganda

Summary

1279 Uganda is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1279 Uganda is credited with the discovery of Cyril V. Jackson^[3].
• 1279 Uganda's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1279 Uganda's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Union Observatory^[5].
• Uganda is named after 1279 Uganda^[6].
• 1279 Uganda followed Q137522^[7].
• 1279 Uganda was followed by Q137542^[8].
• 1279 Uganda's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 1279 Uganda's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 1279 Uganda's provisional designation is recorded as 1933 LB^[11].
• 1279 Uganda's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1933-06-15T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 1279 Uganda's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 1279 Uganda's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.211753'}^[14].
• 1279 Uganda's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2109158'}^[15].
• 1279 Uganda's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2109705796668773'}^[16].
• 1279 Uganda's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.51'}^[17].
• 1279 Uganda's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.34'}^[18].
• 1279 Uganda's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.72332'}^[19].
• 1279 Uganda's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.723486796467903'}^[20].
• 1279 Uganda's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.65'}^[21].
• 1279 Uganda's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1331.895278619491'}^[22].
• 1279 Uganda's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+23.2'}^[23].
• 1279 Uganda's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+335.41225'}^[24].
• 1279 Uganda's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+335.3926482888975'}^[25].
• 1279 Uganda's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3698896'}^[26].
• 1279 Uganda's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.36908750228378'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

1279 Uganda's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Uganda is named after 1279 Uganda^[6].

Why It Matters

1279 Uganda has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]