20012 Ranke

Summary

20012 Ranke is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 20012 Ranke is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 20012 Ranke is credited with the discovery of Lutz D. Schmadel^[4].
• 20012 Ranke's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 20012 Ranke's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[6].
• Leopold von Ranke is named after 20012 Ranke^[7].
• 20012 Ranke's follows is recorded as 20011 Baryshnikov^[8].
• 20012 Ranke's followed by is recorded as 20013 Nureyev^[9].
• 20012 Ranke's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 20012 Ranke's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 20012 Ranke's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RV4^[12].
• 20012 Ranke's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-09-13T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 20012 Ranke's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y83br^[14].
• 20012 Ranke's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020012^[15].
• 20012 Ranke's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 20012 Ranke's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}^[17].
• 20012 Ranke's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1149266'}^[18].
• 20012 Ranke's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1126270214966148'}^[19].
• 20012 Ranke's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.6'}^[20].
• 20012 Ranke's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.7'}^[21].
• 20012 Ranke's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.79'}^[22].
• 20012 Ranke's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.60587'}^[23].
• 20012 Ranke's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.603770576072476'}^[24].
• 20012 Ranke's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.23'}^[25].
• 20012 Ranke's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1547.263247179969'}^[26].
• 20012 Ranke's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+7.576'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Freimut Börngen^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1930–2021^[29], of Germany^[30], awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[31] and Lutz D. Schmadel^[4], an astronomer^[32], 1942–2016^[33], of Germany^[34], specialised in astronomy^[35].

Why It Matters

20012 Ranke has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]