13117 Pondicherry

Summary

13117 Pondicherry is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 13117 Pondicherry is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 13117 Pondicherry's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 13117 Pondicherry's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Puducherry is named after 13117 Pondicherry^[6].
• 13117 Pondicherry's follows is recorded as Q430279^[7].
• 13117 Pondicherry's followed by is recorded as Q578476^[8].
• 13117 Pondicherry's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 13117 Pondicherry's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 13117 Pondicherry's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 TW38^[11].
• 13117 Pondicherry's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 FU10^[12].
• 13117 Pondicherry's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 ST25^[13].
• 13117 Pondicherry's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-10-09T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 13117 Pondicherry's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y80v9^[15].
• 13117 Pondicherry's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20013117^[16].
• 13117 Pondicherry's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 13117 Pondicherry's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}^[18].
• 13117 Pondicherry's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0491071'}^[19].
• 13117 Pondicherry's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04948958754933342'}^[20].
• 13117 Pondicherry's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[21].
• 13117 Pondicherry's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.68'}^[22].
• 13117 Pondicherry's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.86520'}^[23].
• 13117 Pondicherry's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.867250256646438'}^[24].
• 13117 Pondicherry's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.13'}^[25].
• 13117 Pondicherry's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1877.728515205587'}^[26].
• 13117 Pondicherry's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+168.31588'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

13117 Pondicherry is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

13117 Pondicherry has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]