3990 Heimdal

main belt asteroid
Thing asteroid Q918670
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3990 Heimdal

Summary

3990 Heimdal is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 3990 Heimdal is credited with the discovery of Poul Jensen[3].
  • 3990 Heimdal's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 3990 Heimdal's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Brorfelde Observatory[5].
  • Heimdall is named after 3990 Heimdal[6].
  • 3990 Heimdal's follows is recorded as 3989 Odin[7].
  • 3990 Heimdal's followed by is recorded as 3991 Basilevsky[8].
  • 3990 Heimdal's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 3990 Heimdal's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[10].
  • 3990 Heimdal's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • 3990 Heimdal's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 QJ3[12].
  • 3990 Heimdal's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 TG2[13].
  • 3990 Heimdal's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 XM[14].
  • 3990 Heimdal's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 SA3[15].
  • 3990 Heimdal's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SO3[16].
  • 3990 Heimdal's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 XK2[17].
  • 3990 Heimdal's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-09-25T00:00:00Z[18].
  • 3990 Heimdal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3gp2[19].
  • 3990 Heimdal's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003990[20].
  • 3990 Heimdal's significant event is recorded as naming[21].
  • 3990 Heimdal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.24'}[22].
  • 3990 Heimdal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2410218'}[23].
  • 3990 Heimdal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2418938922143806'}[24].
  • 3990 Heimdal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.8'}[25].
  • 3990 Heimdal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.01'}[26].
  • 3990 Heimdal's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.49564'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

3990 Heimdal is credited with the discovery of Poul Jensen[3].

Why It Matters

3990 Heimdal has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

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] . Minor Planet Center 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] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 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] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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