16513 Vasks

Summary

16513 Vasks is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 16513 Vasks is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 16513 Vasks's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16513 Vasks's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Pēteris Vasks is named after 16513 Vasks^[6].
• 16513 Vasks followed (16512) 1990 VQ4^[7].
• 16513 Vasks was followed by 16514 Stevelia^[8].
• 16513 Vasks's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 16513 Vasks's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 16513 Vasks's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 VP6^[11].
• 16513 Vasks's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QL2^[12].
• 16513 Vasks's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-11-15T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 16513 Vasks's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 16513 Vasks's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06'}^[15].
• 16513 Vasks's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0590772'}^[16].
• 16513 Vasks's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06159890914540132'}^[17].
• 16513 Vasks's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.8'}^[18].
• 16513 Vasks's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.04'}^[19].
• 16513 Vasks's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.75624'}^[20].
• 16513 Vasks's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.75077869605199'}^[21].
• 16513 Vasks's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.17'}^[22].
• 16513 Vasks's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1521.741640037307'}^[23].
• 16513 Vasks's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+26.333'}^[24].
• 16513 Vasks's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+203.07367'}^[25].
• 16513 Vasks's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+203.0069105921703'}^[26].
• 16513 Vasks's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5897240'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

16513 Vasks's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Pēteris Vasks is named after 16513 Vasks^[6].

Why It Matters

16513 Vasks has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]