17917 Cartan

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17917 Cartan

Summary

17917 Cartan is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 17917 Cartan is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba[3].
  • 17917 Cartan's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 17917 Cartan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory[5].
  • Élie Cartan is named after 17917 Cartan[6].
  • 17917 Cartan's follows is recorded as (17916) 1999 GZ3[7].
  • 17917 Cartan's followed by is recorded as (17918) 1999 GE6[8].
  • 17917 Cartan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 17917 Cartan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 17917 Cartan's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 TL44[11].
  • 17917 Cartan's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GN5[12].
  • 17917 Cartan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-04-15T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 17917 Cartan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y14vg[14].
  • 17917 Cartan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017917[15].
  • 17917 Cartan's significant event is recorded as naming[16].
  • 17917 Cartan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.16'}[17].
  • 17917 Cartan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1622581'}[18].
  • 17917 Cartan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.162484543755337'}[19].
  • 17917 Cartan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.3'}[20].
  • 17917 Cartan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.4'}[21].
  • 17917 Cartan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.56'}[22].
  • 17917 Cartan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.15461'}[23].
  • 17917 Cartan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.154407763529266'}[24].
  • 17917 Cartan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.13'}[25].
  • 17917 Cartan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1507.869464328583'}[26].
  • 17917 Cartan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+244.65618'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

17917 Cartan is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba[3].

Why It Matters

17917 Cartan has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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