(20001) Blue Varuna

Summary

(20001) Blue Varuna is an asteroid^[1]. (20001) Blue Varuna has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• (20001) Blue Varuna is credited with the discovery of Masaru Arai^[3].
• (20001) Blue Varuna is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Mori^[4].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Yorii Observatory^[6].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's follows is recorded as 20000 Varuna^[7].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's followed by is recorded as 20002 Tillysmith^[8].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 CM^[11].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MX28^[12].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-02-05T00:00:00Z^[13].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020001^[14].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[16].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1221251'}^[17].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1248167820559455'}^[18].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.4'}^[19].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.44'}^[20].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.01413'}^[21].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.01904699849366'}^[22].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.49'}^[23].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2004.771247119711'}^[24].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+127.27958'}^[25].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+127.2244461287384'}^[26].
• (20001) Blue Varuna's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1123279'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(20001) Blue Varuna's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

(20001) Blue Varuna has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] (20001) Blue Varuna is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]