1996 PW

Summary

1996 PW is a Damocloid asteroid^[1]. It draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (damocloid_asteroid category, ranking #3 of 6).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1996 PW is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[3].
• 1996 PW's instance of is recorded as Damocloid asteroid^[4].
• 1996 PW's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[5].
• 1996 PW's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 1996 PW's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory^[7].
• 1996 PW's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[8].
• 1996 PW's Commons category is recorded as 1996 PW^[9].
• 1996 PW's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 1996 PW's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-08-09T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 1996 PW's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01265dqt^[12].
• 1996 PW's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3009162^[13].
• 1996 PW's asteroid spectral type is recorded as L-type asteroid^[14].
• 1996 PW's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9902'}^[15].
• 1996 PW's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.990560657770479'}^[16].
• 1996 PW's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[17].
• 1996 PW's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[18].
• 1996 PW's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.68635'}^[19].
• 1996 PW's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.69137583973117'}^[20].
• 1996 PW's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1640761.64909614'}^[21].
• 1996 PW's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+35.44'}^[22].
• 1996 PW's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+144.6077301321235'}^[23].
• 1996 PW's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+272.2480093894314'}^[24].
• 1996 PW's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+541.9261766469301'}^[25].
• 1996 PW's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.569842131932699'}^[26].
• 1996 PW's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+181.8828685341068'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Damocloid asteroid^[4], trans-Neptunian object^[5], and asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

1996 PW draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (damocloid_asteroid category, ranking #3 of 6).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]