16740 Kipthorne

Summary

16740 Kipthorne is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 16740 Kipthorne is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 16740 Kipthorne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16740 Kipthorne's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Kip S. Thorne is named after 16740 Kipthorne^[6].
• 16740 Kipthorne's follows is recorded as (16739) 1996 KX2^[7].
• 16740 Kipthorne's followed by is recorded as (16741) 1996 NZ3^[8].
• 16740 Kipthorne's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 16740 Kipthorne's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 16740 Kipthorne's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 KT8^[11].
• 16740 Kipthorne's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 CC72^[12].
• 16740 Kipthorne's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 SH34^[13].
• 16740 Kipthorne's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 OH9^[14].
• 16740 Kipthorne's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-05-22T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 16740 Kipthorne's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016740^[16].
• 16740 Kipthorne's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 16740 Kipthorne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[18].
• 16740 Kipthorne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1458380'}^[19].
• 16740 Kipthorne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1458714650108898'}^[20].
• 16740 Kipthorne's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.5'}^[21].
• 16740 Kipthorne's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.71'}^[22].
• 16740 Kipthorne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.70339'}^[23].
• 16740 Kipthorne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.704415939276562'}^[24].
• 16740 Kipthorne's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.46'}^[25].
• 16740 Kipthorne's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1265.186083534559'}^[26].
• 16740 Kipthorne's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+222.30163'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

16740 Kipthorne is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

16740 Kipthorne has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]