20060 Johannforster

Summary

20060 Johannforster is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20060 Johannforster is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 20060 Johannforster's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20060 Johannforster's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Côte d'Azur Observatory^[5].
• 20060 Johannforster's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Caussols^[6].
• Johann Reinhold Forster is named after 20060 Johannforster^[7].
• 20060 Johannforster's follows is recorded as 20059 Debswoboda^[8].
• 20060 Johannforster's followed by is recorded as 20061 Bilitza^[9].
• 20060 Johannforster's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 20060 Johannforster's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 20060 Johannforster's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 SG4^[12].
• 20060 Johannforster's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 PV5^[13].
• 20060 Johannforster's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MB46^[14].
• 20060 Johannforster's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-08-15T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 20060 Johannforster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047cg7j^[16].
• 20060 Johannforster's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020060^[17].
• 20060 Johannforster's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 20060 Johannforster's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[19].
• 20060 Johannforster's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1190849'}^[20].
• 20060 Johannforster's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1147129319666533'}^[21].
• 20060 Johannforster's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[22].
• 20060 Johannforster's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[23].
• 20060 Johannforster's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.11'}^[24].
• 20060 Johannforster's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.70487'}^[25].
• 20060 Johannforster's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.717048804384797'}^[26].
• 20060 Johannforster's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.38'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20060 Johannforster's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Johann Reinhold Forster is named after 20060 Johannforster^[7].

Why It Matters

20060 Johannforster ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]