2020 QG

Summary

2020 QG is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2020 QG is credited with the discovery of Zwicky Transient Facility^[3].
• 2020 QG's image is recorded as PIA24038-Asteroid2020QG-20200816.jpg^[4].
• 2020 QG's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 2020 QG's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 2020 QG's instance of is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[7].
• 2020 QG's location of discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• 2020 QG's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[9].
• 2020 QG's Commons category is recorded as 2020 QG^[10].
• 2020 QG's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 2020 QG's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 54051131^[12].
• 2020 QG's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4814369467078902'}^[13].
• 2020 QG's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+29.9'}^[14].
• 2020 QG's date of official opening is recorded as +2020-08-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 2020 QG's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.737108009204363'}^[16].
• 2020 QG's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+964.1788724183938'}^[17].
• 2020 QG's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+323.4134617843918'}^[18].
• 2020 QG's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.910026777837837'}^[19].
• 2020 QG's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.829584237890395'}^[20].
• 2020 QG's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9904693177852788'}^[21].
• 2020 QG's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+339.0005336700235'}^[22].
• 2020 QG's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.382246299969692'}^[23].
• 2020 QG's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3'}^[24].
• 2020 QG's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2946'}^[25].
• 2020 QG's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11hj7v8b4h^[26].
• 2020 QG's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5], near-Earth object^[6], and Apollo asteroid^[7].

Why It Matters

2020 QG ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]