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17431 Sainte-Colombe

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17431 Sainte-Colombe

Summary

17431 Sainte-Colombe is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haute-Provence Observatory[5].
  • Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe is named after 17431 Sainte-Colombe[6].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's follows is recorded as (17430) 1989 KF[7].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's followed by is recorded as (17432) 1989 SR[8].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 RT[11].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 OL1[12].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-09-03T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017431[14].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's significant event is recorded as naming[15].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}[16].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1259316'}[17].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1260787809921991'}[18].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}[19].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.14'}[20].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.73755'}[21].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.7357005044751'}[22].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.59'}[23].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1312.507266520208'}[24].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.0'}[25].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+323.05875'}[26].
  • 17431 Sainte-Colombe's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+323.0261365266707'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17431 Sainte-Colombe's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

History and Context

Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe is named after 17431 Sainte-Colombe[6].

Why It Matters

17431 Sainte-Colombe ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Eric Walter Elst

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+340.31150'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+339.8830784677307'}
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.0512004'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.050254674118294'}
    Site of astronomical discovery → Haute-Provence Observatory
    Instance of → asteroid
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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