27968 Bobylapointe

Summary

27968 Bobylapointe is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 27968 Bobylapointe is credited with the discovery of OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey^[3].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Caussols^[5].
• Boby Lapointe is named after 27968 Bobylapointe^[6].
• 27968 Bobylapointe followed 27967 Beppebianchi^[7].
• 27968 Bobylapointe was followed by (27969) 1997 TT3^[8].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 TM1^[11].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 EL46^[12].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 3, 1997^[13].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[15].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1544798'}^[16].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1544541766376756'}^[17].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.3'}^[18].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.56'}^[19].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.87083'}^[20].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.8716505452135569'}^[21].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.75'}^[22].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1368.220506851196'}^[23].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+182.60526'}^[24].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+182.4549624052447'}^[25].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4118052'}^[26].
• 27968 Bobylapointe's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.411969318061473'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

27968 Bobylapointe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Boby Lapointe is named after 27968 Bobylapointe^[6].

Why It Matters

27968 Bobylapointe ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]