1996 Adams

Summary

1996 Adams is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1996 Adams is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 1996 Adams's image is recorded as 1996Adams (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 1996 Adams's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 1996 Adams's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[6].
• John Couch Adams is named after 1996 Adams^[7].
• 1996 Adams's follows is recorded as Q826623^[8].
• 1996 Adams's followed by is recorded as 1997 Leverrier^[9].
• 1996 Adams's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1996 Adams's Commons category is recorded as 1996 Adams^[11].
• 1996 Adams's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1996 Adams's provisional designation is recorded as 1932 RM^[13].
• 1996 Adams's provisional designation is recorded as 1961 TB2^[14].
• 1996 Adams's provisional designation is recorded as 1961 UA^[15].
• 1996 Adams's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 TW2^[16].
• 1996 Adams's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 BY1^[17].
• 1996 Adams's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SJ3^[18].
• 1996 Adams's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1961-10-16T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 1996 Adams's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f5f20^[20].
• 1996 Adams's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001996^[21].
• 1996 Adams's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 1996 Adams's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[23].
• 1996 Adams's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1382983'}^[24].
• 1996 Adams's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1388739123525761'}^[25].
• 1996 Adams's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.28'}^[26].
• 1996 Adams's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.6'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1996 Adams's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

John Couch Adams is named after 1996 Adams^[7].

Why It Matters

1996 Adams ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]