21956 Thangada

Summary

21956 Thangada is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 21956 Thangada is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21956 Thangada's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21956 Thangada's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21956 Thangada's follows is recorded as (21955) 1999 VW178^[6].
• 21956 Thangada's followed by is recorded as (21957) 1999 VU179^[7].
• 21956 Thangada's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21956 Thangada's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21956 Thangada's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 DC3^[10].
• 21956 Thangada's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VE179^[11].
• 21956 Thangada's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-06T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 21956 Thangada's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh698^[13].
• 21956 Thangada's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021956^[14].
• 21956 Thangada's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 21956 Thangada's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[16].
• 21956 Thangada's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0984629'}^[17].
• 21956 Thangada's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1007583586711899'}^[18].
• 21956 Thangada's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[19].
• 21956 Thangada's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.28'}^[20].
• 21956 Thangada's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.90250'}^[21].
• 21956 Thangada's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.903628909701546'}^[22].
• 21956 Thangada's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.62'}^[23].
• 21956 Thangada's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1687.332407190244'}^[24].
• 21956 Thangada's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+148.43056'}^[25].
• 21956 Thangada's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+148.3416107402022'}^[26].
• 21956 Thangada's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7743738'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21956 Thangada's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21956 Thangada has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]