2021 Poincaré

Summary

2021 Poincaré is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2021 Poincaré is credited with the discovery of Louis Boyer^[3].
• 2021 Poincaré's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2021 Poincaré's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics^[5].
• Henri Poincaré is named after 2021 Poincaré^[6].
• 2021 Poincaré's follows is recorded as Q146928^[7].
• 2021 Poincaré's followed by is recorded as Q784240^[8].
• 2021 Poincaré's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2021 Poincaré's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2021 Poincaré's provisional designation is recorded as 1936 MA^[11].
• 2021 Poincaré's provisional designation is recorded as 1968 UQ2^[12].
• 2021 Poincaré's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 LE^[13].
• 2021 Poincaré's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1936-06-26T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 2021 Poincaré's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g89n0^[15].
• 2021 Poincaré's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002021^[16].
• 2021 Poincaré's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 2021 Poincaré's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22'}^[18].
• 2021 Poincaré's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2190835'}^[19].
• 2021 Poincaré's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2187883356508048'}^[20].
• 2021 Poincaré's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[21].
• 2021 Poincaré's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.62'}^[22].
• 2021 Poincaré's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.48951'}^[23].
• 2021 Poincaré's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.493163828222311'}^[24].
• 2021 Poincaré's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.51'}^[25].
• 2021 Poincaré's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1283.372925104745'}^[26].
• 2021 Poincaré's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.4056'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2021 Poincaré's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Henri Poincaré is named after 2021 Poincaré^[6].

Why It Matters

2021 Poincaré ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]