17696 Bombelli

Summary

17696 Bombelli is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17696 Bombelli is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 17696 Bombelli's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17696 Bombelli's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• Rafael Bombelli is named after 17696 Bombelli^[6].
• 17696 Bombelli's follows is recorded as (17695) 1997 EE7^[7].
• 17696 Bombelli's followed by is recorded as 17697 Evanchen^[8].
• 17696 Bombelli's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 17696 Bombelli's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 17696 Bombelli's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 SA12^[11].
• 17696 Bombelli's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 EH8^[12].
• 17696 Bombelli's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 NZ63^[13].
• 17696 Bombelli's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-03-08T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 17696 Bombelli's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y10wm^[15].
• 17696 Bombelli's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017696^[16].
• 17696 Bombelli's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 17696 Bombelli's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[18].
• 17696 Bombelli's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0846835'}^[19].
• 17696 Bombelli's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08349923888140033'}^[20].
• 17696 Bombelli's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[21].
• 17696 Bombelli's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.32'}^[22].
• 17696 Bombelli's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.70832'}^[23].
• 17696 Bombelli's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.712479038409596'}^[24].
• 17696 Bombelli's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.26'}^[25].
• 17696 Bombelli's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1920.691240691948'}^[26].
• 17696 Bombelli's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.97'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17696 Bombelli's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Rafael Bombelli is named after 17696 Bombelli^[6].

Why It Matters

17696 Bombelli ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]