3139 Shantou

Summary

3139 Shantou is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3139 Shantou is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].
• 3139 Shantou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3139 Shantou's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Purple Mountain Observatory^[5].
• Shantou is named after 3139 Shantou^[6].
• 3139 Shantou's follows is recorded as Q302521^[7].
• 3139 Shantou's followed by is recorded as Q1047526^[8].
• 3139 Shantou's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3139 Shantou's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3139 Shantou's provisional designation is recorded as 1963 YC^[11].
• 3139 Shantou's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 VL1^[12].
• 3139 Shantou's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-11-11T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 3139 Shantou's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygf9m^[14].
• 3139 Shantou's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003139^[15].
• 3139 Shantou's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 3139 Shantou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02'}^[17].
• 3139 Shantou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0212005'}^[18].
• 3139 Shantou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02123723950916277'}^[19].
• 3139 Shantou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.8'}^[20].
• 3139 Shantou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.91'}^[21].
• 3139 Shantou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.57433'}^[22].
• 3139 Shantou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.57197996736321'}^[23].
• 3139 Shantou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.7'}^[24].
• 3139 Shantou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2083.438355112454'}^[25].
• 3139 Shantou's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+8.33'}^[26].
• 3139 Shantou's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+252.76139'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

3139 Shantou is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].

Why It Matters

3139 Shantou has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]