24899 Dominiona

Summary

24899 Dominiona is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 24899 Dominiona is credited with the discovery of Christopher Aikman^[3].
• 24899 Dominiona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 24899 Dominiona's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Dominion Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Canada is named after 24899 Dominiona^[6].
• dominion of the British Empire is named after 24899 Dominiona^[7].
• 24899 Dominiona's follows is recorded as 24898 Alanholmes^[8].
• 24899 Dominiona's followed by is recorded as (24900) 1997 AZ17^[9].
• 24899 Dominiona's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 24899 Dominiona's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 24899 Dominiona's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 QA2^[12].
• 24899 Dominiona's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 AU17^[13].
• 24899 Dominiona's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HG117^[14].
• 24899 Dominiona's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-14T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 24899 Dominiona's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1gdh^[16].
• 24899 Dominiona's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20024899^[17].
• 24899 Dominiona's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 24899 Dominiona's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[19].
• 24899 Dominiona's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1402609'}^[20].
• 24899 Dominiona's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1396301483664069'}^[21].
• 24899 Dominiona's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.7'}^[22].
• 24899 Dominiona's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.8'}^[23].
• 24899 Dominiona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.00090'}^[24].
• 24899 Dominiona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.001529308474776'}^[25].
• 24899 Dominiona's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.61'}^[26].
• 24899 Dominiona's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1318.789637211499'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

24899 Dominiona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Canada^[6], a dominion of the British Empire^[28], in Canada^[29], founded in 1867^[30] and dominion of the British Empire^[7], in British Empire^[31].

Why It Matters

24899 Dominiona ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]