31956 Wald

Summary

31956 Wald is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 31956 Wald is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 31956 Wald's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 31956 Wald's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• 31956 Wald's follows is recorded as (31955) 2000 GU126^[6].
• 31956 Wald's followed by is recorded as 31957 Braunstein^[7].
• 31956 Wald's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 31956 Wald's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 31956 Wald's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 GA133^[10].
• 31956 Wald's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-04-13T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 31956 Wald's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykvbv^[12].
• 31956 Wald's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20031956^[13].
• 31956 Wald's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 31956 Wald's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}^[15].
• 31956 Wald's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0290527'}^[16].
• 31956 Wald's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03262863965688807'}^[17].
• 31956 Wald's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[18].
• 31956 Wald's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.68'}^[19].
• 31956 Wald's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.26440'}^[20].
• 31956 Wald's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.263612258657793'}^[21].
• 31956 Wald's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.53'}^[22].
• 31956 Wald's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1653.27229111335'}^[23].
• 31956 Wald's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.9'}^[24].
• 31956 Wald's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+212.69447'}^[25].
• 31956 Wald's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+212.6170875203338'}^[26].
• 31956 Wald's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7363530'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

31956 Wald's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

31956 Wald 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]