20993 Virginiediscry

Summary

20993 Virginiediscry is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20993 Virginiediscry is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's follows is recorded as 20992 Marypearse^[6].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's followed by is recorded as 20994 Atreya^[7].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 RX2^[10].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JE47^[11].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-09-05T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020993^[13].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[15].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1994413'}^[16].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1990989572295647'}^[17].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[18].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.32'}^[19].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.79213'}^[20].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.791842378208907'}^[21].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.62'}^[22].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1320.511157843267'}^[23].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+67.65103'}^[24].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+67.62934619512514'}^[25].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3559275'}^[26].
• 20993 Virginiediscry's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.355568649115016'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20993 Virginiediscry's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

20993 Virginiediscry ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]