14959 TRIUMF

Summary

14959 TRIUMF is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 14959 TRIUMF is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 14959 TRIUMF's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 14959 TRIUMF's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• TRIUMF is named after 14959 TRIUMF^[6].
• 14959 TRIUMF's follows is recorded as (14958) 1996 JK1^[7].
• 14959 TRIUMF's followed by is recorded as 14960 Yule^[8].
• 14959 TRIUMF's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 14959 TRIUMF's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 14959 TRIUMF's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 YJ1^[11].
• 14959 TRIUMF's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 RE2^[12].
• 14959 TRIUMF's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 SQ8^[13].
• 14959 TRIUMF's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 JT3^[14].
• 14959 TRIUMF's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-05-09T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 14959 TRIUMF's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhdv0^[16].
• 14959 TRIUMF's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20014959^[17].
• 14959 TRIUMF's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 14959 TRIUMF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[19].
• 14959 TRIUMF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2280169'}^[20].
• 14959 TRIUMF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2284696947561595'}^[21].
• 14959 TRIUMF's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[22].
• 14959 TRIUMF's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.85'}^[23].
• 14959 TRIUMF's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.94802'}^[24].
• 14959 TRIUMF's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.949952020316907'}^[25].
• 14959 TRIUMF's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.84'}^[26].
• 14959 TRIUMF's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1401.93217746227'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

14959 TRIUMF's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

TRIUMF is named after 14959 TRIUMF^[6].

Why It Matters

14959 TRIUMF ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]