29186 Lake Tekapo

Summary

29186 Lake Tekapo is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 29186 Lake Tekapo is credited with the discovery of Tsutomu Seki^[3].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Geisei observatory^[5].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's follows is recorded as 29185 Reich^[6].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's followed by is recorded as 29187 Lemonnier^[7].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 UD2^[10].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 BS20^[11].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-10-26T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20029186^[13].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[15].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0528250'}^[16].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05274207785494989'}^[17].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[18].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.52'}^[19].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.29129'}^[20].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.283763060080918'}^[21].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.74'}^[22].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1366.205057191732'}^[23].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+45.1306'}^[24].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+52.31706'}^[25].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+52.26333035308875'}^[26].
• 29186 Lake Tekapo's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4096211'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

29186 Lake Tekapo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

29186 Lake Tekapo ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]