38640 Rau

Summary

38640 Rau is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 38640 Rau is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 38640 Rau's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 38640 Rau's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 38640 Rau followed 38639 Samuels^[6].
• 38640 Rau was followed by 38641 Philpott^[7].
• 38640 Rau's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 38640 Rau's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 38640 Rau's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 NO16^[10].
• 38640 Rau's time of discovery or invention is recorded as July 5, 2000^[11].
• 38640 Rau's significant event is recorded as naming^[12].
• 38640 Rau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[13].
• 38640 Rau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0746271'}^[14].
• 38640 Rau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07484879578768981'}^[15].
• 38640 Rau's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.1'}^[16].
• 38640 Rau's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.27'}^[17].
• 38640 Rau's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.26482'}^[18].
• 38640 Rau's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.262006454670039'}^[19].
• 38640 Rau's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.27'}^[20].
• 38640 Rau's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1192.147844277122'}^[21].
• 38640 Rau's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.55764'}^[22].
• 38640 Rau's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.47385262440215'}^[23].
• 38640 Rau's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2009590'}^[24].
• 38640 Rau's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.200329867469402'}^[25].
• 38640 Rau's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.365'}^[26].
• 38640 Rau's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.365021908385173'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

38640 Rau's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

38640 Rau has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]