28242 Mingantu

Summary

28242 Mingantu is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 28242 Mingantu is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program^[3].
• 28242 Mingantu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 28242 Mingantu's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station^[5].
• Minggatu is named after 28242 Mingantu^[6].
• 28242 Mingantu's follows is recorded as (28241) 1999 AC22^[7].
• 28242 Mingantu's followed by is recorded as (28243) 1999 AA23^[8].
• 28242 Mingantu's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 28242 Mingantu's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 28242 Mingantu's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 FQ17^[11].
• 28242 Mingantu's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 AT22^[12].
• 28242 Mingantu's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-01-06T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 28242 Mingantu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7h5k^[14].
• 28242 Mingantu's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20028242^[15].
• 28242 Mingantu's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 28242 Mingantu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[17].
• 28242 Mingantu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1210488'}^[18].
• 28242 Mingantu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1212231721855134'}^[19].
• 28242 Mingantu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[20].
• 28242 Mingantu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.05'}^[21].
• 28242 Mingantu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.86873'}^[22].
• 28242 Mingantu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.864618299599896'}^[23].
• 28242 Mingantu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.81'}^[24].
• 28242 Mingantu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1393.269073489163'}^[25].
• 28242 Mingantu's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+236.30644'}^[26].
• 28242 Mingantu's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+236.2027186362015'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

28242 Mingantu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Minggatu is named after 28242 Mingantu^[6].

Why It Matters

28242 Mingantu has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]