2790 Needham

Summary

2790 Needham is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2790 Needham is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].
• 2790 Needham's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2790 Needham's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Purple Mountain Observatory^[5].
• Joseph Needham is named after 2790 Needham^[6].
• 2790 Needham followed Q150082^[7].
• 2790 Needham was followed by Q919121^[8].
• 2790 Needham's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2790 Needham's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2790 Needham's provisional designation is recorded as 1965 UU1^[11].
• 2790 Needham's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 UR2^[12].
• 2790 Needham's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 DR1^[13].
• 2790 Needham's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1965-10-19T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 2790 Needham's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 2790 Needham's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.18'}^[16].
• 2790 Needham's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1809490'}^[17].
• 2790 Needham's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1785579261814193'}^[18].
• 2790 Needham's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.5'}^[19].
• 2790 Needham's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.57'}^[20].
• 2790 Needham's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.63898'}^[21].
• 2790 Needham's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.61824470560697'}^[22].
• 2790 Needham's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.32'}^[23].
• 2790 Needham's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1578.581006864585'}^[24].
• 2790 Needham's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+50.79730'}^[25].
• 2790 Needham's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+50.64703142737072'}^[26].
• 2790 Needham's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6513794'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

2790 Needham's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Joseph Needham is named after 2790 Needham^[6].

Why It Matters

2790 Needham has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]