37596 Cotahuasi

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37596 Cotahuasi

Summary

37596 Cotahuasi is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 37596 Cotahuasi is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[5].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi followed (37595) 1991 UZ1[6].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi was followed by (37597) 1992 EH10[7].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid[8].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VV6[10].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 HP27[11].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 9, 1991[12].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's significant event is recorded as naming[13].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.32'}[14].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3172726'}[15].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3181918323190903'}[16].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}[17].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.81'}[18].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.53065'}[19].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.52392671781831'}[20].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.72'}[21].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1359.424934490191'}[22].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+219.60065'}[23].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+219.5261219116158'}[24].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4026008'}[25].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.401621353732024'}[26].
  • 37596 Cotahuasi's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.165'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

37596 Cotahuasi's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

37596 Cotahuasi 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 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Peter James · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Longitude of ascending node {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+219.60065'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+219.5261219116158'}
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