2868 Upupa

Summary

2868 Upupa is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2868 Upupa is credited with the discovery of Paul Wild^[3].
• 2868 Upupa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2868 Upupa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Zimmerwald Observatory^[5].
• Eurasian Hoopoe is named after 2868 Upupa^[6].
• 2868 Upupa's follows is recorded as 2867 Šteins^[7].
• 2868 Upupa's followed by is recorded as Q1048248^[8].
• 2868 Upupa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2868 Upupa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2868 Upupa's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 UA^[11].
• 2868 Upupa's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 QT2^[12].
• 2868 Upupa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1972-10-30T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 2868 Upupa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhkqf^[14].
• 2868 Upupa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002868^[15].
• 2868 Upupa's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 2868 Upupa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.17'}^[17].
• 2868 Upupa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1747431'}^[18].
• 2868 Upupa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1775651714517302'}^[19].
• 2868 Upupa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.0'}^[20].
• 2868 Upupa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[21].
• 2868 Upupa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.53756'}^[22].
• 2868 Upupa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.548329961537424'}^[23].
• 2868 Upupa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.73'}^[24].
• 2868 Upupa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1724.029298719923'}^[25].
• 2868 Upupa's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+137.94709'}^[26].
• 2868 Upupa's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+137.8359287448001'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

2868 Upupa is credited with the discovery of Paul Wild^[3].

Why It Matters

2868 Upupa has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]