21128 Chapuis

Summary

21128 Chapuis is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21128 Chapuis is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 21128 Chapuis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21128 Chapuis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Côte d'Azur Observatory^[5].
• Grégoire-Joseph Chapuis is named after 21128 Chapuis^[6].
• 21128 Chapuis's follows is recorded as (21127) 1993 BF4^[7].
• 21128 Chapuis's followed by is recorded as (21129) 1993 BJ7^[8].
• 21128 Chapuis's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 21128 Chapuis's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 21128 Chapuis's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 21128 Chapuis's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 CO^[12].
• 21128 Chapuis's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 BJ5^[13].
• 21128 Chapuis's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XH193^[14].
• 21128 Chapuis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-01-27T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 21128 Chapuis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y164r^[16].
• 21128 Chapuis's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021128^[17].
• 21128 Chapuis's asteroid family is recorded as Hilda group^[18].
• 21128 Chapuis's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 21128 Chapuis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[20].
• 21128 Chapuis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1019759'}^[21].
• 21128 Chapuis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1072182824253349'}^[22].
• 21128 Chapuis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.0'}^[23].
• 21128 Chapuis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.1'}^[24].
• 21128 Chapuis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.17'}^[25].
• 21128 Chapuis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.87423'}^[26].
• 21128 Chapuis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.92297858315689'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21128 Chapuis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Grégoire-Joseph Chapuis is named after 21128 Chapuis^[6].

Why It Matters

21128 Chapuis ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 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]