3740 Menge

Summary

3740 Menge is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3740 Menge is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• 3740 Menge is credited with the discovery of Giovanni de Sanctis^[4].
• 3740 Menge's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3740 Menge's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• 3740 Menge's follows is recorded as 3739 Rem^[7].
• 3740 Menge's followed by is recorded as 3741 Rogerburns^[8].
• 3740 Menge's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3740 Menge's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3740 Menge's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 AG^[11].
• 3740 Menge's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EM^[12].
• 3740 Menge's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 RK2^[13].
• 3740 Menge's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 3740 Menge's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7fj8^[15].
• 3740 Menge's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003740^[16].
• 3740 Menge's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 3740 Menge's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.27'}^[18].
• 3740 Menge's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2679726'}^[19].
• 3740 Menge's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2671915793922564'}^[20].
• 3740 Menge's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[21].
• 3740 Menge's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.17'}^[22].
• 3740 Menge's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.75105'}^[23].
• 3740 Menge's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.749282106068464'}^[24].
• 3740 Menge's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.87'}^[25].
• 3740 Menge's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1412.579849956315'}^[26].
• 3740 Menge's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+354.70894'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3740 Menge's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

3740 Menge ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]