26950 Legendre

Summary

26950 Legendre is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 26950 Legendre is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 26950 Legendre's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 26950 Legendre's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• Adrien-Marie Legendre is named after 26950 Legendre^[6].
• 26950 Legendre's follows is recorded as (26949) 1997 JV7^[7].
• 26950 Legendre's followed by is recorded as (26951) 1997 JZ15^[8].
• 26950 Legendre's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 26950 Legendre's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 26950 Legendre's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 JH10^[11].
• 26950 Legendre's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SF150^[12].
• 26950 Legendre's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-05-11T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 26950 Legendre's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y730l^[14].
• 26950 Legendre's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20026950^[15].
• 26950 Legendre's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 26950 Legendre's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[17].
• 26950 Legendre's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0878815'}^[18].
• 26950 Legendre's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08662604545736012'}^[19].
• 26950 Legendre's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.6'}^[20].
• 26950 Legendre's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.76'}^[21].
• 26950 Legendre's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.37647'}^[22].
• 26950 Legendre's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.378317566002868'}^[23].
• 26950 Legendre's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.51'}^[24].
• 26950 Legendre's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1280.980036595877'}^[25].
• 26950 Legendre's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+202.75756'}^[26].
• 26950 Legendre's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+202.7078330685325'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

26950 Legendre's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Adrien-Marie Legendre is named after 26950 Legendre^[6].

Why It Matters

26950 Legendre ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]