2906 Caltech

Summary

2906 Caltech is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2906 Caltech is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 2906 Caltech's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2906 Caltech's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• California Institute of Technology is named after 2906 Caltech^[6].
• 2906 Caltech's follows is recorded as Q1062236^[7].
• 2906 Caltech's followed by is recorded as Q150328^[8].
• 2906 Caltech's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2906 Caltech's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2906 Caltech's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 KJ^[11].
• 2906 Caltech's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 MA^[12].
• 2906 Caltech's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 LC^[13].
• 2906 Caltech's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 YS2^[14].
• 2906 Caltech's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 AE2^[15].
• 2906 Caltech's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 CD^[16].
• 2906 Caltech's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-01-13T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 2906 Caltech's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hjtm_^[18].
• 2906 Caltech's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002906^[19].
• 2906 Caltech's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[20].
• 2906 Caltech's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 2906 Caltech's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}^[22].
• 2906 Caltech's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1048174'}^[23].
• 2906 Caltech's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1032620588025697'}^[24].
• 2906 Caltech's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.1'}^[25].
• 2906 Caltech's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.5'}^[26].
• 2906 Caltech's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+30.68580'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

2906 Caltech is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].

Why It Matters

2906 Caltech has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]