23686 Songyuan

Summary

23686 Songyuan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 23686 Songyuan is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program^[3].
• 23686 Songyuan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 23686 Songyuan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station^[5].
• Songyuan is named after 23686 Songyuan^[6].
• 23686 Songyuan's follows is recorded as Q2612710^[7].
• 23686 Songyuan's followed by is recorded as (23687) 1997 JA11^[8].
• 23686 Songyuan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 23686 Songyuan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 23686 Songyuan's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 JZ7^[11].
• 23686 Songyuan's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SC116^[12].
• 23686 Songyuan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-05-08T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 23686 Songyuan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygq98^[14].
• 23686 Songyuan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023686^[15].
• 23686 Songyuan's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 23686 Songyuan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[17].
• 23686 Songyuan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1719279'}^[18].
• 23686 Songyuan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1700217964042893'}^[19].
• 23686 Songyuan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[20].
• 23686 Songyuan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.89'}^[21].
• 23686 Songyuan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.84510'}^[22].
• 23686 Songyuan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.83856517371981'}^[23].
• 23686 Songyuan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.4'}^[24].
• 23686 Songyuan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1609.17108765403'}^[25].
• 23686 Songyuan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+206.86955'}^[26].
• 23686 Songyuan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+206.8022831458185'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

23686 Songyuan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Songyuan is named after 23686 Songyuan^[6].

Why It Matters

23686 Songyuan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]