16946 Farnham

Summary

16946 Farnham is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 16946 Farnham is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 16946 Farnham's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16946 Farnham's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 16946 Farnham's follows is recorded as (16945) 1998 HD46^[6].
• 16946 Farnham's followed by is recorded as 16947 Wikrent^[7].
• 16946 Farnham's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 16946 Farnham's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 16946 Farnham's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HJ51^[10].
• 16946 Farnham's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RE43^[11].
• 16946 Farnham's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-25T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 16946 Farnham's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y213x^[13].
• 16946 Farnham's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016946^[14].
• 16946 Farnham's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 16946 Farnham's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[16].
• 16946 Farnham's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1438974'}^[17].
• 16946 Farnham's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1430362545128026'}^[18].
• 16946 Farnham's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[19].
• 16946 Farnham's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.19'}^[20].
• 16946 Farnham's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.59022'}^[21].
• 16946 Farnham's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.587924264083409'}^[22].
• 16946 Farnham's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.68'}^[23].
• 16946 Farnham's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1344.934494336607'}^[24].
• 16946 Farnham's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+103.21577'}^[25].
• 16946 Farnham's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+103.1853040255128'}^[26].
• 16946 Farnham's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3842178'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

16946 Farnham's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

16946 Farnham has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]