2999 Dante

Summary

2999 Dante is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2999 Dante is credited with the discovery of Norman G. Thomas^[3].
• 2999 Dante's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2999 Dante's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Q1067 is named after 2999 Dante^[6].
• 2999 Dante's follows is recorded as Q1062249^[7].
• 2999 Dante's followed by is recorded as Q582275^[8].
• 2999 Dante's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2999 Dante's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2999 Dante's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 GT4^[11].
• 2999 Dante's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 JT^[12].
• 2999 Dante's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 CY^[13].
• 2999 Dante's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-02-06T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 2999 Dante's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yfjh^[15].
• 2999 Dante's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002999^[16].
• 2999 Dante's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 2999 Dante's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1062635'}^[18].
• 2999 Dante's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1048540'}^[19].
• 2999 Dante's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.105700270947363'}^[20].
• 2999 Dante's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[21].
• 2999 Dante's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.91'}^[22].
• 2999 Dante's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.76811'}^[23].
• 2999 Dante's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.763949044246604'}^[24].
• 2999 Dante's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.42'}^[25].
• 2999 Dante's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1249.531783318712'}^[26].
• 2999 Dante's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+49.714'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

2999 Dante is credited with the discovery of Norman G. Thomas^[3].

Why It Matters

2999 Dante has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]