20394 Fatou

Summary

20394 Fatou is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20394 Fatou is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 20394 Fatou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20394 Fatou's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• 20394 Fatou's follows is recorded as 20393 Kevinlane^[6].
• 20394 Fatou's followed by is recorded as (20395) 1998 MY29^[7].
• 20394 Fatou's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 20394 Fatou's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 20394 Fatou's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 SC9^[10].
• 20394 Fatou's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MQ17^[11].
• 20394 Fatou's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AK52^[12].
• 20394 Fatou's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-06-28T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 20394 Fatou's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y21dl^[14].
• 20394 Fatou's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020394^[15].
• 20394 Fatou's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 20394 Fatou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 20394 Fatou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1376297'}^[18].
• 20394 Fatou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1310527578429931'}^[19].
• 20394 Fatou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[20].
• 20394 Fatou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.87'}^[21].
• 20394 Fatou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.67608'}^[22].
• 20394 Fatou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.669162600090421'}^[23].
• 20394 Fatou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.54'}^[24].
• 20394 Fatou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2030.747805881834'}^[25].
• 20394 Fatou's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+212.503'}^[26].
• 20394 Fatou's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+281.93624'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20394 Fatou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

20394 Fatou ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]