2629 Rudra

Summary

2629 Rudra is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2629 Rudra is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal^[3].
• 2629 Rudra's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2629 Rudra's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Rudra is named after 2629 Rudra^[6].
• 2629 Rudra's follows is recorded as Q149740^[7].
• 2629 Rudra's followed by is recorded as Q787058^[8].
• 2629 Rudra's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 2629 Rudra's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 2629 Rudra's Commons category is recorded as 2629 Rudra^[11].
• 2629 Rudra's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 2629 Rudra's provisional designation is recorded as 1959 EH^[13].
• 2629 Rudra's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 RB1^[14].
• 2629 Rudra's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-09-13T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 2629 Rudra's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y87db^[16].
• 2629 Rudra's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002629^[17].
• 2629 Rudra's asteroid spectral type is recorded as B-type asteroid^[18].
• 2629 Rudra's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 2629 Rudra's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[20].
• 2629 Rudra's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2292072'}^[21].
• 2629 Rudra's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2290836379342135'}^[22].
• 2629 Rudra's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[23].
• 2629 Rudra's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.15'}^[24].
• 2629 Rudra's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.44032'}^[25].
• 2629 Rudra's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.4420794380662'}^[26].
• 2629 Rudra's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.3'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2629 Rudra's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Rudra is named after 2629 Rudra^[6].

Why It Matters

2629 Rudra ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]