21087 Petsimpallas

Summary

21087 Petsimpallas is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21087 Petsimpallas is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Peter Simon Pallas is named after 21087 Petsimpallas^[7].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's follows is recorded as (21086) 1992 AO1^[8].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's followed by is recorded as 21088 Chelyabinsk^[9].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 BH2^[12].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KT43^[13].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XV121^[14].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-01-30T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7zyt^[16].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021087^[17].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[19].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1861411'}^[20].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.184624755107503'}^[21].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[22].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[23].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[24].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.18934'}^[25].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.18170176279997'}^[26].
• 21087 Petsimpallas's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.38'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21087 Petsimpallas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Peter Simon Pallas is named after 21087 Petsimpallas^[7].

Why It Matters

21087 Petsimpallas ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]