31020 Skarupa

Summary

31020 Skarupa is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 31020 Skarupa is credited with the discovery of Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory^[3].
• 31020 Skarupa is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[4].
• 31020 Skarupa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 31020 Skarupa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory^[6].
• 31020 Skarupa's follows is recorded as (31019) 1996 EH10^[7].
• 31020 Skarupa's followed by is recorded as (31021) 1996 FW1^[8].
• 31020 Skarupa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 31020 Skarupa's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 31020 Skarupa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 31020 Skarupa's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 FP1^[12].
• 31020 Skarupa's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 FW23^[13].
• 31020 Skarupa's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 HO7^[14].
• 31020 Skarupa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-03-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 31020 Skarupa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygmyv^[16].
• 31020 Skarupa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20031020^[17].
• 31020 Skarupa's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 31020 Skarupa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[19].
• 31020 Skarupa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1213183'}^[20].
• 31020 Skarupa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1193192920627234'}^[21].
• 31020 Skarupa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[22].
• 31020 Skarupa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.21'}^[23].
• 31020 Skarupa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.46881'}^[24].
• 31020 Skarupa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.468525674883894'}^[25].
• 31020 Skarupa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+7.96'}^[26].
• 31020 Skarupa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2904.593535862104'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

31020 Skarupa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

31020 Skarupa ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]