20996 Pandrosion

Summary

20996 Pandrosion is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 20996 Pandrosion is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 20996 Pandrosion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20996 Pandrosion's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 20996 Pandrosion's follows is recorded as (20995) 1985 VY^[6].
• 20996 Pandrosion's followed by is recorded as (20997) 1986 PL1^[7].
• 20996 Pandrosion's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 20996 Pandrosion's minor planet group is recorded as inner asteroid belt^[9].
• 20996 Pandrosion's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 20996 Pandrosion's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 PB^[11].
• 20996 Pandrosion's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 RZ1^[12].
• 20996 Pandrosion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-08-04T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 20996 Pandrosion's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020996^[14].
• 20996 Pandrosion's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 20996 Pandrosion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[16].
• 20996 Pandrosion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0495389'}^[17].
• 20996 Pandrosion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04967667725606163'}^[18].
• 20996 Pandrosion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[19].
• 20996 Pandrosion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[20].
• 20996 Pandrosion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.76805'}^[21].
• 20996 Pandrosion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.77266855757323'}^[22].
• 20996 Pandrosion's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.64'}^[23].
• 20996 Pandrosion's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+965.3528529975468'}^[24].
• 20996 Pandrosion's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+43.6'}^[25].
• 20996 Pandrosion's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+151.48165'}^[26].
• 20996 Pandrosion's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+151.443924635416'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20996 Pandrosion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

20996 Pandrosion has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]