32606 Markkanen

Summary

32606 Markkanen is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 32606 Markkanen is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 32606 Markkanen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 32606 Markkanen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 32606 Markkanen followed Q3598863^[6].
• 32606 Markkanen was followed by 32607 Portell^[7].
• 32606 Markkanen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 32606 Markkanen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 32606 Markkanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 TQ63^[10].
• 32606 Markkanen's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 KA30^[11].
• 32606 Markkanen's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QY217^[12].
• 32606 Markkanen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as August 23, 2001^[13].
• 32606 Markkanen's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 32606 Markkanen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[15].
• 32606 Markkanen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0443959'}^[16].
• 32606 Markkanen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04650842228857929'}^[17].
• 32606 Markkanen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[18].
• 32606 Markkanen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.79'}^[19].
• 32606 Markkanen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.64676'}^[20].
• 32606 Markkanen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.647862462460702'}^[21].
• 32606 Markkanen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.1'}^[22].
• 32606 Markkanen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1861.433579485486'}^[23].
• 32606 Markkanen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+123.73788'}^[24].
• 32606 Markkanen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+123.7307941308797'}^[25].
• 32606 Markkanen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.9628870'}^[26].
• 32606 Markkanen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.961415952542993'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

32606 Markkanen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

32606 Markkanen ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]