21074 Rügen

Summary

21074 Rügen is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21074 Rügen is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 21074 Rügen is credited with the discovery of Lutz D. Schmadel^[4].
• 21074 Rügen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 21074 Rügen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[6].
• Rügen is named after 21074 Rügen^[7].
• 21074 Rügen's follows is recorded as 21073 Darksky^[8].
• 21074 Rügen's followed by is recorded as Q2614540^[9].
• 21074 Rügen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 21074 Rügen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 21074 Rügen's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RA4^[12].
• 21074 Rügen's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 UZ41^[13].
• 21074 Rügen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-09-12T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 21074 Rügen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04g213v^[15].
• 21074 Rügen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021074^[16].
• 21074 Rügen's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 21074 Rügen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[18].
• 21074 Rügen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1187398'}^[19].
• 21074 Rügen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1209783096196532'}^[20].
• 21074 Rügen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[21].
• 21074 Rügen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.28'}^[22].
• 21074 Rügen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.73583'}^[23].
• 21074 Rügen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.746714610292672'}^[24].
• 21074 Rügen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.88'}^[25].
• 21074 Rügen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1417.434099474716'}^[26].
• 21074 Rügen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+213.99751'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21074 Rügen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Rügen is named after 21074 Rügen^[7].

Why It Matters

21074 Rügen 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 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]