1951 Lick

Summary

1951 Lick is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1951 Lick is credited with the discovery of Carl A. Wirtanen^[3].
• 1951 Lick's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1951 Lick's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lick Observatory^[5].
• James Lick is named after 1951 Lick^[6].
• 1951 Lick's follows is recorded as Q146304^[7].
• 1951 Lick's followed by is recorded as Q146323^[8].
• 1951 Lick's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 1951 Lick's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1951 Lick's Commons category is recorded as 1951 Lick^[11].
• 1951 Lick's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1951 Lick's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 OA^[13].
• 1951 Lick's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1949-07-26T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 1951 Lick's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y74ql^[15].
• 1951 Lick's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001951^[16].
• 1951 Lick's asteroid spectral type is recorded as A-type asteroid^[17].
• 1951 Lick's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 1951 Lick's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[19].
• 1951 Lick's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0615543'}^[20].
• 1951 Lick's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06145692457029951'}^[21].
• 1951 Lick's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[22].
• 1951 Lick's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.09'}^[23].
• 1951 Lick's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+39.09062'}^[24].
• 1951 Lick's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+39.09397983825036'}^[25].
• 1951 Lick's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1.64'}^[26].
• 1951 Lick's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+598.9078252392012'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1951 Lick's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

James Lick is named after 1951 Lick^[6].

Why It Matters

1951 Lick ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]