20638 Lingchen

Summary

20638 Lingchen is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 20638 Lingchen is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 20638 Lingchen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20638 Lingchen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 20638 Lingchen's follows is recorded as (20637) 1999 TX103^[6].
• 20638 Lingchen's followed by is recorded as 20639 Michellouie^[7].
• 20638 Lingchen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 20638 Lingchen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 20638 Lingchen's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 YE21^[10].
• 20638 Lingchen's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 EL43^[11].
• 20638 Lingchen's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KM64^[12].
• 20638 Lingchen's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TV108^[13].
• 20638 Lingchen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-10-04T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 20638 Lingchen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y75gc^[15].
• 20638 Lingchen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020638^[16].
• 20638 Lingchen's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 20638 Lingchen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[18].
• 20638 Lingchen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0640521'}^[19].
• 20638 Lingchen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06393640595394558'}^[20].
• 20638 Lingchen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[21].
• 20638 Lingchen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.12'}^[22].
• 20638 Lingchen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.15548'}^[23].
• 20638 Lingchen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.156738249691853'}^[24].
• 20638 Lingchen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.51'}^[25].
• 20638 Lingchen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1648.637768066544'}^[26].
• 20638 Lingchen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+245.84892'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

20638 Lingchen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

20638 Lingchen has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]