21687 Filopanti

Summary

21687 Filopanti is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21687 Filopanti is credited with the discovery of San Vittore Observatory^[3].
• 21687 Filopanti's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21687 Filopanti's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as San Vittore Observatory^[5].
• Quirico Filopanti is named after 21687 Filopanti^[6].
• 21687 Filopanti's follows is recorded as Q147917^[7].
• 21687 Filopanti's followed by is recorded as (21688) 1999 RK37^[8].
• 21687 Filopanti's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 21687 Filopanti's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 21687 Filopanti's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 TJ9^[11].
• 21687 Filopanti's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RB37^[12].
• 21687 Filopanti's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-11T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 21687 Filopanti's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2543^[14].
• 21687 Filopanti's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021687^[15].
• 21687 Filopanti's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 21687 Filopanti's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[17].
• 21687 Filopanti's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0764471'}^[18].
• 21687 Filopanti's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07730576246335046'}^[19].
• 21687 Filopanti's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[20].
• 21687 Filopanti's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.02'}^[21].
• 21687 Filopanti's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.72385'}^[22].
• 21687 Filopanti's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.717056938516055'}^[23].
• 21687 Filopanti's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.63'}^[24].
• 21687 Filopanti's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1690.500690257621'}^[25].
• 21687 Filopanti's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+346.38629'}^[26].
• 21687 Filopanti's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+346.2966554289644'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21687 Filopanti's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Quirico Filopanti is named after 21687 Filopanti^[6].

Why It Matters

21687 Filopanti 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]