3494 Purple Mountain

Summary

3494 Purple Mountain is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3494 Purple Mountain is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Purple Mountain Observatory^[5].
• Purple Mountain Observatory is named after 3494 Purple Mountain^[6].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's follows is recorded as 3493 Stepanov^[7].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's followed by is recorded as 3495 Colchagua^[8].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's provisional designation is recorded as 1962 WV1^[11].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 UD^[12].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 OA^[13].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 XW^[14].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-12-07T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02y09q^[16].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003494^[17].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's asteroid family is recorded as Vesta family^[18].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[20].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1309224'}^[21].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1317276615061785'}^[22].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.7'}^[23].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.89'}^[24].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.837'}^[25].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.83200'}^[26].
• 3494 Purple Mountain's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.83504934068957'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

3494 Purple Mountain is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].

Why It Matters

3494 Purple Mountain has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]