16951 Carolus Quartus

Summary

16951 Carolus Quartus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 16951 Carolus Quartus is credited with the discovery of Petr Pravec^[3].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ondřejov Observatory^[5].
• Charles IV is named after 16951 Carolus Quartus^[6].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's follows is recorded as (16950) 1998 JQ^[7].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's followed by is recorded as 16952 Peteschultz^[8].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 WB4^[11].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 VE5^[12].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KJ^[13].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-19T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y14nm^[15].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016951^[16].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[18].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0561503'}^[19].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05678168195388691'}^[20].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[21].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.87'}^[22].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.10673'}^[23].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.09234566553235'}^[24].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.17'}^[25].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1889.941179346437'}^[26].
• 16951 Carolus Quartus's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+76.07539'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

16951 Carolus Quartus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Charles IV is named after 16951 Carolus Quartus^[6].

Why It Matters

16951 Carolus Quartus ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]