30857 Parsec

Summary

30857 Parsec is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 30857 Parsec is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 30857 Parsec's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 30857 Parsec's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haute-Provence Observatory^[5].
• 30857 Parsec's follows is recorded as (30856) 1991 XE^[6].
• 30857 Parsec's followed by is recorded as (30858) 1992 AU1^[7].
• 30857 Parsec's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 30857 Parsec's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 30857 Parsec's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 YY^[10].
• 30857 Parsec's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 HK12^[11].
• 30857 Parsec's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-12-31T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 30857 Parsec's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04cr37z^[13].
• 30857 Parsec's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20030857^[14].
• 30857 Parsec's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 30857 Parsec's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[16].
• 30857 Parsec's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1607506'}^[17].
• 30857 Parsec's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1606352955118376'}^[18].
• 30857 Parsec's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[19].
• 30857 Parsec's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.08'}^[20].
• 30857 Parsec's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.49487'}^[21].
• 30857 Parsec's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.493290145023845'}^[22].
• 30857 Parsec's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.3'}^[23].
• 30857 Parsec's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1204.991152355167'}^[24].
• 30857 Parsec's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+207.33539'}^[25].
• 30857 Parsec's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+207.207919136406'}^[26].
• 30857 Parsec's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2163683'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

30857 Parsec's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

30857 Parsec ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]