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229762 Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà

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Summary

229762 Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà is a trans-Neptunian object[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of trans neptunian object entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,537 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Meg Schwamb[3], Michael E. Brown[4], David L. Rabinowitz[5], Palomar Observatory[6]
  • Instance of: asteroid[7]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Palomar Observatory[8]
  • Follows: (229761) 2007 RC288[9]
  • Minor planet group: trans-Neptunian object[10]
  • Commons category: 229762 Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà[11]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[12]
  • Child astronomical body: Gǃòʼé ǃHú[13]
  • Provisional designation: 2007 UK126[14]
  • Time of discovery or invention: October 19, 2007[15]
  • Significant event: naming[16]
  • IPA transcription: ˌɡuːnhoʊmˈdiːmə[17], ᶢᵏǃ͡χʼṹᵑ̊ǁʰòmdímà[18]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.4960953023065544[19]
  • Flattening: 0.105[20], 0.118[21]
  • Apparent magnitude: 20.8[22]
  • Absolute magnitude: 3.45[23]
  • Color index: 0.62[24], 1.028[25]
  • Orbital inclination: 23.33294472107982 degree[26]
  • Radius: 295 km[27]
  • Orbital period: 235285.2471763564 day[28]
  • Rotation period: 11.05 hour[29]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 131.2401823663884 degree[30]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 72.7995810 astronomical unit[31], 74.58717870267442 astronomical unit[32]
  • Apoapsis: 111.5895276693707 astronomical unit[33]
  • Periapsis: 37.58482973597816 astronomical unit[34]

Why It Matters

229762 Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Michael E. Brown

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Results from the 2014 November 15th multi-chord stellar occultation by the TNO (229762) 2007 UK_126_. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Results from the 2014 November 15th multi-chord stellar occultation by the TNO (229762) 2007 UK_126_. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Colors and taxonomy of Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . www2.lowell.edu. www2.lowell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Astronomic symbol image → Gǃkunǁʼhomdima symbol (fixed width).svg, Gǃkunǁʼhomdima symbol (simple, fixed width).svg
    Sitelink count → 26
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ga', 'gv', 'i
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