21656 Knuth

Summary

21656 Knuth is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 21656 Knuth is credited with the discovery of Petr Pravec^[3].
• 21656 Knuth is credited with the discovery of Peter Kušnirák^[4].
• 21656 Knuth's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 21656 Knuth's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ondřejov Observatory^[6].
• Donald Knuth is named after 21656 Knuth^[7].
• 21656 Knuth's follows is recorded as Q147892^[8].
• 21656 Knuth's followed by is recorded as 21657 Alinecarter^[9].
• 21656 Knuth's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 21656 Knuth's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 21656 Knuth's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SV16^[12].
• 21656 Knuth's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HZ140^[13].
• 21656 Knuth's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 PX1^[14].
• 21656 Knuth's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-08-09T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 21656 Knuth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5y21^[16].
• 21656 Knuth's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021656^[17].
• 21656 Knuth's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 21656 Knuth's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.23'}^[19].
• 21656 Knuth's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2270338'}^[20].
• 21656 Knuth's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2269486528260803'}^[21].
• 21656 Knuth's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.6'}^[22].
• 21656 Knuth's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.25620'}^[23].
• 21656 Knuth's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.25484921605636'}^[24].
• 21656 Knuth's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.46'}^[25].
• 21656 Knuth's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1629.248011027525'}^[26].
• 21656 Knuth's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+130.23356'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Petr Pravec^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1967^[29], of Czech Republic^[30], specialised in astronomy^[31] and Peter Kušnirák^[4], an astronomer^[32], b. 1974^[33], of Slovakia^[34], specialised in astronomy^[35].

Why It Matters

21656 Knuth has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]