2516 Roman

Summary

2516 Roman is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2516 Roman is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 2516 Roman's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2516 Roman's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[5].
• Nancy Roman is named after 2516 Roman^[6].
• 2516 Roman followed Q149370^[7].
• 2516 Roman was followed by Q149384^[8].
• 2516 Roman's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2516 Roman's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2516 Roman's provisional designation is recorded as 1964 VG2^[11].
• 2516 Roman's provisional designation is recorded as 1964 VY^[12].
• 2516 Roman's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 SH^[13].
• 2516 Roman's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 GB6^[14].
• 2516 Roman's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1964-11-06T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 2516 Roman's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 2516 Roman's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.16'}^[17].
• 2516 Roman's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1646116'}^[18].
• 2516 Roman's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1645293457483373'}^[19].
• 2516 Roman's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[20].
• 2516 Roman's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.64'}^[21].
• 2516 Roman's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.09339'}^[22].
• 2516 Roman's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.093860205683752'}^[23].
• 2516 Roman's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.44'}^[24].
• 2516 Roman's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1257.453459227344'}^[25].
• 2516 Roman's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+2.6266'}^[26].
• 2516 Roman's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+123.39988'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

2516 Roman's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Nancy Roman is named after 2516 Roman^[6].

Why It Matters

2516 Roman has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]