21660 Velenia

Summary

21660 Velenia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21660 Velenia is credited with the discovery of Petr Pravec^[3].
• 21660 Velenia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21660 Velenia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ondřejov Observatory^[5].
• 21660 Velenia's follows is recorded as Q147904^[6].
• 21660 Velenia's followed by is recorded as 21661 Olgagermani^[7].
• 21660 Velenia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21660 Velenia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21660 Velenia's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PJ34^[10].
• 21660 Velenia's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 EZ50^[11].
• 21660 Velenia's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 QZ1^[12].
• 21660 Velenia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-08-20T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 21660 Velenia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhp_n^[14].
• 21660 Velenia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021660^[15].
• 21660 Velenia's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 21660 Velenia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[17].
• 21660 Velenia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0443272'}^[18].
• 21660 Velenia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04073255565810749'}^[19].
• 21660 Velenia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[20].
• 21660 Velenia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.96'}^[21].
• 21660 Velenia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.78355'}^[22].
• 21660 Velenia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.792457956083926'}^[23].
• 21660 Velenia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.52'}^[24].
• 21660 Velenia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1653.144543710155'}^[25].
• 21660 Velenia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+15.0738'}^[26].
• 21660 Velenia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+192.07484'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21660 Velenia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21660 Velenia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]