20657 Alvarez-Candal

Summary

20657 Alvarez-Candal is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 20657 Alvarez-Candal is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Alvaro Augusto Alvarez-Candal is named after 20657 Alvarez-Candal^[6].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal followed (20656) 1999 TX258^[7].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal was followed by 20658 Bushmarinov^[8].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TL261^[11].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AH200^[12].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 14, 1999^[13].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[15].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1821882'}^[16].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1768506648290785'}^[17].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[18].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.87'}^[19].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.02078'}^[20].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.03340200867912'}^[21].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.48'}^[22].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2006.318958374079'}^[23].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+124.75273'}^[24].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+124.5967955280616'}^[25].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1065168'}^[26].
• 20657 Alvarez-Candal's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.113157073138937'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20657 Alvarez-Candal's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Alvaro Augusto Alvarez-Candal is named after 20657 Alvarez-Candal^[6].

Why It Matters

20657 Alvarez-Candal has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]