20540 Marhalpern

Summary

20540 Marhalpern is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20540 Marhalpern is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 20540 Marhalpern's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20540 Marhalpern's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 20540 Marhalpern's follows is recorded as 20539 Gadberry^[6].
• 20540 Marhalpern's followed by is recorded as (20541) 1999 RN93^[7].
• 20540 Marhalpern's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 20540 Marhalpern's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 20540 Marhalpern's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RV86^[10].
• 20540 Marhalpern's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-07T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 20540 Marhalpern's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y79xd^[12].
• 20540 Marhalpern's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020540^[13].
• 20540 Marhalpern's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 20540 Marhalpern's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[15].
• 20540 Marhalpern's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0634393'}^[16].
• 20540 Marhalpern's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06472867702916983'}^[17].
• 20540 Marhalpern's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[18].
• 20540 Marhalpern's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.52'}^[19].
• 20540 Marhalpern's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.60152'}^[20].
• 20540 Marhalpern's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.602392433727895'}^[21].
• 20540 Marhalpern's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.56'}^[22].
• 20540 Marhalpern's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1664.118139898355'}^[23].
• 20540 Marhalpern's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.184'}^[24].
• 20540 Marhalpern's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.95213'}^[25].
• 20540 Marhalpern's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.88957295361098'}^[26].
• 20540 Marhalpern's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7487046'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20540 Marhalpern's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

20540 Marhalpern ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]