16246 Cantor

Summary

16246 Cantor is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 16246 Cantor is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 16246 Cantor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16246 Cantor's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• Georg Cantor is named after 16246 Cantor^[6].
• 16246 Cantor's follows is recorded as 16245 Katielu^[7].
• 16246 Cantor's followed by is recorded as 16247 Esner^[8].
• 16246 Cantor's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 16246 Cantor's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 16246 Cantor's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 OX7^[11].
• 16246 Cantor's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FN2^[12].
• 16246 Cantor's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 HO3^[13].
• 16246 Cantor's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-04-27T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 16246 Cantor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qjqn4^[15].
• 16246 Cantor's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016246^[16].
• 16246 Cantor's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 16246 Cantor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[18].
• 16246 Cantor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1887656'}^[19].
• 16246 Cantor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1929732900923686'}^[20].
• 16246 Cantor's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[21].
• 16246 Cantor's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[22].
• 16246 Cantor's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.42237'}^[23].
• 16246 Cantor's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.4211037489275458'}^[24].
• 16246 Cantor's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.44'}^[25].
• 16246 Cantor's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1980.834213531235'}^[26].
• 16246 Cantor's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+109.02319'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

16246 Cantor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Georg Cantor is named after 16246 Cantor^[6].

Why It Matters

16246 Cantor ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]