29696 Distasio

Summary

29696 Distasio is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 29696 Distasio is credited with the discovery of OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey^[3].
• 29696 Distasio's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 29696 Distasio's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• 29696 Distasio's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Caussols^[6].
• 29696 Distasio followed (29695) 1998 YH^[7].
• 29696 Distasio was followed by (29697) 1998 YR1^[8].
• 29696 Distasio's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 29696 Distasio's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 29696 Distasio's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 YN^[11].
• 29696 Distasio's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 16, 1998^[12].
• 29696 Distasio's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 29696 Distasio's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[14].
• 29696 Distasio's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1647215'}^[15].
• 29696 Distasio's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1618372397272343'}^[16].
• 29696 Distasio's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[17].
• 29696 Distasio's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.98'}^[18].
• 29696 Distasio's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.71734'}^[19].
• 29696 Distasio's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.70805578213438'}^[20].
• 29696 Distasio's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.69'}^[21].
• 29696 Distasio's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1713.233563563064'}^[22].
• 29696 Distasio's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.51780'}^[23].
• 29696 Distasio's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.419602533710734'}^[24].
• 29696 Distasio's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.8003941'}^[25].
• 29696 Distasio's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.802068608345732'}^[26].
• 29696 Distasio's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.262'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

29696 Distasio's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

29696 Distasio ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]