2596 Vainu Bappu

Summary

2596 Vainu Bappu is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2596 Vainu Bappu is credited with the discovery of Richard Martin West^[3].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Vainu Bappu is named after 2596 Vainu Bappu^[6].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu followed Q912907^[7].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu was followed by Q523820^[8].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 KN^[11].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-05-19T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07'}^[14].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0721563'}^[15].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07200401814427715'}^[16].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[17].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.24'}^[18].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.25052'}^[19].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.24123199490891'}^[20].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.28'}^[21].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1926.375709533966'}^[22].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+16.45'}^[23].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+138.86337'}^[24].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+138.7030389606'}^[25].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0307692'}^[26].
• 2596 Vainu Bappu's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.029900576133224'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

2596 Vainu Bappu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Vainu Bappu is named after 2596 Vainu Bappu^[6].

Why It Matters

2596 Vainu Bappu has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]