177659 Paolacel

Summary

177659 Paolacel is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 177659 Paolacel is credited with the discovery of Andrea Boattini^[3].
• 177659 Paolacel is credited with the discovery of Hans Scholl^[4].
• 177659 Paolacel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 177659 Paolacel's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• 177659 Paolacel's follows is recorded as (177658) 2005 CJ74^[7].
• 177659 Paolacel's followed by is recorded as (177660) 2005 EJ2^[8].
• 177659 Paolacel's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 177659 Paolacel's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 177659 Paolacel's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VP134^[11].
• 177659 Paolacel's provisional designation is recorded as 2005 CE77^[12].
• 177659 Paolacel's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2005-02-09T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 177659 Paolacel's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20177659^[14].
• 177659 Paolacel's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 177659 Paolacel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[16].
• 177659 Paolacel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1149380247409503'}^[17].
• 177659 Paolacel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.7'}^[18].
• 177659 Paolacel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.76'}^[19].
• 177659 Paolacel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.5'}^[20].
• 177659 Paolacel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.497453391595495'}^[21].
• 177659 Paolacel's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1334.864175833337'}^[22].
• 177659 Paolacel's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+232.5'}^[23].
• 177659 Paolacel's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+232.3420387479248'}^[24].
• 177659 Paolacel's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.372606781373691'}^[25].
• 177659 Paolacel's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.645309518311767'}^[26].
• 177659 Paolacel's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.099904044435615'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

177659 Paolacel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

177659 Paolacel ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]