26960 Liouville

Summary

26960 Liouville is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 26960 Liouville is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 26960 Liouville's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 26960 Liouville's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• Joseph Liouville is named after 26960 Liouville^[6].
• 26960 Liouville's follows is recorded as (26959) 1997 MR8^[7].
• 26960 Liouville's followed by is recorded as (26961) 1997 OY1^[8].
• 26960 Liouville's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 26960 Liouville's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 26960 Liouville's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 NE3^[11].
• 26960 Liouville's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-07-08T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 26960 Liouville's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y75mw^[13].
• 26960 Liouville's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20026960^[14].
• 26960 Liouville's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 26960 Liouville's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[16].
• 26960 Liouville's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1567377'}^[17].
• 26960 Liouville's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1561126784417451'}^[18].
• 26960 Liouville's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[19].
• 26960 Liouville's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.07'}^[20].
• 26960 Liouville's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.55350'}^[21].
• 26960 Liouville's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.558895428643136'}^[22].
• 26960 Liouville's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.71'}^[23].
• 26960 Liouville's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1354.975725710614'}^[24].
• 26960 Liouville's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+14.2302'}^[25].
• 26960 Liouville's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+293.45536'}^[26].
• 26960 Liouville's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+293.3960710162759'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

26960 Liouville's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Joseph Liouville is named after 26960 Liouville^[6].

Why It Matters

26960 Liouville has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]