22780 McAlpine

Summary

22780 McAlpine is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 22780 McAlpine is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 22780 McAlpine's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 22780 McAlpine's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 22780 McAlpine's follows is recorded as (22779) 1999 FU24^[6].
• 22780 McAlpine's followed by is recorded as (22781) 1999 GN4^[7].
• 22780 McAlpine's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 22780 McAlpine's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 22780 McAlpine's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 GJ^[10].
• 22780 McAlpine's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FS37^[11].
• 22780 McAlpine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-03-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 22780 McAlpine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7ddj^[13].
• 22780 McAlpine's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20022780^[14].
• 22780 McAlpine's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 22780 McAlpine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[16].
• 22780 McAlpine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0985953'}^[17].
• 22780 McAlpine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09781756807119088'}^[18].
• 22780 McAlpine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.5'}^[19].
• 22780 McAlpine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.66'}^[20].
• 22780 McAlpine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.69416'}^[21].
• 22780 McAlpine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.689529523073248'}^[22].
• 22780 McAlpine's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.36'}^[23].
• 22780 McAlpine's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1227.356392235711'}^[24].
• 22780 McAlpine's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+27.21633'}^[25].
• 22780 McAlpine's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+27.09580378998293'}^[26].
• 22780 McAlpine's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2428785'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

22780 McAlpine's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

22780 McAlpine has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]