34351 Decatur

Summary

34351 Decatur is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 34351 Decatur is credited with the discovery of Loren C. Ball^[3].
• 34351 Decatur's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 34351 Decatur's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Emerald Lane Observatory^[5].
• Decatur is named after 34351 Decatur^[6].
• 34351 Decatur's follows is recorded as (34350) 2000 RW7^[7].
• 34351 Decatur's followed by is recorded as (34352) 2000 RJ13^[8].
• 34351 Decatur's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 34351 Decatur's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 34351 Decatur's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 YW3^[11].
• 34351 Decatur's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HF58^[12].
• 34351 Decatur's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 RZ8^[13].
• 34351 Decatur's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-09-03T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 34351 Decatur's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05h889^[15].
• 34351 Decatur's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20034351^[16].
• 34351 Decatur's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 34351 Decatur's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[18].
• 34351 Decatur's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0693599'}^[19].
• 34351 Decatur's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06993121773186287'}^[20].
• 34351 Decatur's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[21].
• 34351 Decatur's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.85'}^[22].
• 34351 Decatur's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.29636'}^[23].
• 34351 Decatur's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.295751222236164'}^[24].
• 34351 Decatur's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.06'}^[25].
• 34351 Decatur's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1845.749700933251'}^[26].
• 34351 Decatur's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+343.29909'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

34351 Decatur's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Decatur is named after 34351 Decatur^[6].

Why It Matters

34351 Decatur ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]