29979 Wastyk

Summary

29979 Wastyk is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 29979 Wastyk is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 29979 Wastyk's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 29979 Wastyk's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 29979 Wastyk's follows is recorded as 29978 Arthurwang^[6].
• 29979 Wastyk's followed by is recorded as 29980 Dougsimons^[7].
• 29979 Wastyk's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 29979 Wastyk's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 29979 Wastyk's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KP17^[10].
• 29979 Wastyk's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RN83^[11].
• 29979 Wastyk's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-07T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 29979 Wastyk's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20029979^[13].
• 29979 Wastyk's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 29979 Wastyk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[15].
• 29979 Wastyk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0649962'}^[16].
• 29979 Wastyk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06530193934917938'}^[17].
• 29979 Wastyk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.3'}^[18].
• 29979 Wastyk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.44'}^[19].
• 29979 Wastyk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.23230'}^[20].
• 29979 Wastyk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.232153230303545'}^[21].
• 29979 Wastyk's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.83'}^[22].
• 29979 Wastyk's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1397.458550115439'}^[23].
• 29979 Wastyk's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.84483'}^[24].
• 29979 Wastyk's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.79018898992542'}^[25].
• 29979 Wastyk's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4460915'}^[26].
• 29979 Wastyk's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.446209633831114'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

29979 Wastyk's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

29979 Wastyk ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]