2169 Taiwan

Summary

2169 Taiwan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2169 Taiwan is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].
• 2169 Taiwan's image is recorded as Celestia 2169 Taiwan orbit.png^[4].
• 2169 Taiwan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 2169 Taiwan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Purple Mountain Observatory^[6].
• Taiwan is named after 2169 Taiwan^[7].
• 2169 Taiwan's follows is recorded as Q844958^[8].
• 2169 Taiwan's followed by is recorded as Q674562^[9].
• 2169 Taiwan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 2169 Taiwan's Commons category is recorded as 2169 Taiwan^[11].
• 2169 Taiwan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 2169 Taiwan's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 DV1^[13].
• 2169 Taiwan's provisional designation is recorded as 1964 VP1^[14].
• 2169 Taiwan's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 BH1^[15].
• 2169 Taiwan's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 RF8^[16].
• 2169 Taiwan's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 FG^[17].
• 2169 Taiwan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1964-11-09T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 2169 Taiwan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh03h^[19].
• 2169 Taiwan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002169^[20].
• 2169 Taiwan's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[21].
• 2169 Taiwan's asteroid family is recorded as Astrid family^[22].
• 2169 Taiwan's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 2169 Taiwan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[24].
• 2169 Taiwan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0493194'}^[25].
• 2169 Taiwan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05204840813656783'}^[26].
• 2169 Taiwan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.5'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2169 Taiwan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Taiwan is named after 2169 Taiwan^[7].

Why It Matters

2169 Taiwan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]