25924 Douglasadams

Summary

25924 Douglasadams is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 25924 Douglasadams is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 25924 Douglasadams's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 25924 Douglasadams's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• Q42 is named after 25924 Douglasadams^[6].
• 25924 Douglasadams's follows is recorded as (25923) 2001 DS29^[7].
• 25924 Douglasadams's followed by is recorded as 25925 Jamesfenska^[8].
• 25924 Douglasadams's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 25924 Douglasadams's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 25924 Douglasadams's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VX149^[11].
• 25924 Douglasadams's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 DA42^[12].
• 25924 Douglasadams's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-02-19T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 25924 Douglasadams's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/051dl6^[14].
• 25924 Douglasadams's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20025924^[15].
• 25924 Douglasadams's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 25924 Douglasadams's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[17].
• 25924 Douglasadams's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1658434'}^[18].
• 25924 Douglasadams's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1664910116248872'}^[19].
• 25924 Douglasadams's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+20.8'}^[20].
• 25924 Douglasadams's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.5'}^[21].
• 25924 Douglasadams's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.7'}^[22].
• 25924 Douglasadams's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.64'}^[23].
• 25924 Douglasadams's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.729'}^[24].
• 25924 Douglasadams's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.72703'}^[25].
• 25924 Douglasadams's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.726025706894077'}^[26].
• 25924 Douglasadams's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1370.24'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

25924 Douglasadams's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Q42 is named after 25924 Douglasadams^[6].

Why It Matters

25924 Douglasadams ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]