34901 Mauna Loa

Summary

34901 Mauna Loa is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 34901 Mauna Loa is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 34901 Mauna Loa is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 34901 Mauna Loa is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's follows is recorded as (34900) 2698 P-L^[8].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's followed by is recorded as (34902) 2728 P-L^[9].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[11].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 PK54^[13].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's provisional designation is recorded as 2699 P-L^[14].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kpwqtl^[16].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20034901^[17].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[19].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2044338'}^[20].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2063194699845358'}^[21].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[22].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.77'}^[23].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.38196'}^[24].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.3830730247780218'}^[25].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.87'}^[26].
• 34901 Mauna Loa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2143.146592095827'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

34901 Mauna Loa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

34901 Mauna Loa ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]