3956 Caspar

Summary

3956 Caspar is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3956 Caspar is credited with the discovery of Poul Jensen^[3].
• 3956 Caspar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3956 Caspar's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Brorfelde Observatory^[5].
• 3956 Caspar's follows is recorded as 3955 Bruckner^[6].
• 3956 Caspar's followed by is recorded as Q152403^[7].
• 3956 Caspar's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 3956 Caspar's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 3956 Caspar's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 TD^[10].
• 3956 Caspar's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 QM1^[11].
• 3956 Caspar's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WS3^[12].
• 3956 Caspar's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 RA4^[13].
• 3956 Caspar's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 SM3^[14].
• 3956 Caspar's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 AZ1^[15].
• 3956 Caspar's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 VL1^[16].
• 3956 Caspar's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-11-03T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 3956 Caspar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y150n^[18].
• 3956 Caspar's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003956^[19].
• 3956 Caspar's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 3956 Caspar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[21].
• 3956 Caspar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1794910'}^[22].
• 3956 Caspar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1792060690254437'}^[23].
• 3956 Caspar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[24].
• 3956 Caspar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.04'}^[25].
• 3956 Caspar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.81012'}^[26].
• 3956 Caspar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.809180822564402'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3956 Caspar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

3956 Caspar ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 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]