20686 Thottumkara

Summary

20686 Thottumkara is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20686 Thottumkara is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 20686 Thottumkara's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20686 Thottumkara's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 20686 Thottumkara's follows is recorded as (20685) 1999 VX48^[6].
• 20686 Thottumkara's followed by is recorded as 20687 Saletore^[7].
• 20686 Thottumkara's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 20686 Thottumkara's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 20686 Thottumkara's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MX26^[10].
• 20686 Thottumkara's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VX54^[11].
• 20686 Thottumkara's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-04T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 20686 Thottumkara's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh71z^[13].
• 20686 Thottumkara's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020686^[14].
• 20686 Thottumkara's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 20686 Thottumkara's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[16].
• 20686 Thottumkara's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1531514'}^[17].
• 20686 Thottumkara's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1523099062615509'}^[18].
• 20686 Thottumkara's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[19].
• 20686 Thottumkara's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.11'}^[20].
• 20686 Thottumkara's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.77620'}^[21].
• 20686 Thottumkara's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.7772292175858526'}^[22].
• 20686 Thottumkara's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.58'}^[23].
• 20686 Thottumkara's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1309.276706439475'}^[24].
• 20686 Thottumkara's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+15.182'}^[25].
• 20686 Thottumkara's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+141.78844'}^[26].
• 20686 Thottumkara's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+141.7411055561651'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20686 Thottumkara's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

20686 Thottumkara ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]