20000 Varuna

Summary

20000 Varuna is a cubewano^[1]. It draws 207 Wikipedia views per month (cubewano category, ranking #4 of 24).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20000 Varuna is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 20000 Varuna's image is recorded as 20000-varuna hst.jpg^[4].
• 20000 Varuna's instance of is recorded as cubewano^[5].
• 20000 Varuna's instance of is recorded as possible dwarf planet^[6].
• 20000 Varuna's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[7].
• Varuna is named after 20000 Varuna^[8].
• 20000 Varuna's follows is recorded as Q3597929^[9].
• 20000 Varuna's followed by is recorded as (20001) Blue Varuna^[10].
• 20000 Varuna's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[11].
• 20000 Varuna's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Varuna symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 20000 Varuna's Commons category is recorded as 20000 Varuna^[13].
• 20000 Varuna's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 20000 Varuna's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WR106^[15].
• 20000 Varuna's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-28T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 20000 Varuna's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029_0t^[17].
• 20000 Varuna's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020000^[18].
• 20000 Varuna's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 20000 Varuna's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0505'}^[20].
• 20000 Varuna's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0541236'}^[21].
• 20000 Varuna's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05254516459334936'}^[22].
• 20000 Varuna's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.6'}^[23].
• 20000 Varuna's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.79'}^[24].
• 20000 Varuna's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.88'}^[25].
• 20000 Varuna's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.2'}^[26].
• 20000 Varuna's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.21970'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cubewano^[5] and possible dwarf planet^[6].

History and Context

Varuna is named after 20000 Varuna^[8].

Why It Matters

20000 Varuna draws 207 Wikipedia views per month (cubewano category, ranking #4 of 24).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]