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(26181) 1996 GQ21

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(26181) 1996 GQ21

Summary

(26181) 1996 GQ21 is an asteroid[1]. (26181) 1996 GQ21 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (26181) 1996 GQ21 is credited with the discovery of Nichole M. Danzl[3].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's instance of is recorded as small Solar System body[5].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's instance of is recorded as possible dwarf planet[6].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[7].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[8].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's follows is recorded as (26180) 1996 GS9[9].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's followed by is recorded as (26182) 1996 HW8[10].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[11].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[12].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 GQ21[13].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-04-12T00:00:00Z[14].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0276j5r[15].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20026181[16].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5929'}[17].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5953790'}[18].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5874494839691239'}[19].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.9'}[20].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.84'}[21].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.33959'}[22].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.359003893127'}[23].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+923'}[24].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+324837.8008114319'}[25].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+194.13712'}[26].
  • (26181) 1996 GQ21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+194.21896257'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[4], small Solar System body[5], possible dwarf planet[6], and trans-Neptunian object[7].

Why It Matters

(26181) 1996 GQ21 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2] (26181) 1996 GQ21 has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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