3015 Candy

Summary

3015 Candy is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3015 Candy is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 3015 Candy's image is recorded as 003015-asteroid shape model (3015) Candy.png^[4].
• 3015 Candy's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3015 Candy's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[6].
• Michael P. Candy is named after 3015 Candy^[7].
• 3015 Candy's follows is recorded as Q150605^[8].
• 3015 Candy's followed by is recorded as Q906863^[9].
• 3015 Candy's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 3015 Candy's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[11].
• 3015 Candy's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 3015 Candy's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 VL2^[13].
• 3015 Candy's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 XC^[14].
• 3015 Candy's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 VN^[15].
• 3015 Candy's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 HS^[16].
• 3015 Candy's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-11-09T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 3015 Candy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qdy25^[18].
• 3015 Candy's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003015^[19].
• 3015 Candy's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 3015 Candy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.17'}^[21].
• 3015 Candy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1741084'}^[22].
• 3015 Candy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1776937888126955'}^[23].
• 3015 Candy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.1'}^[24].
• 3015 Candy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.2'}^[25].
• 3015 Candy's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.40035'}^[26].
• 3015 Candy's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.34516621407951'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

3015 Candy is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].

Why It Matters

3015 Candy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]