40023 ANPCEN

Summary

40023 ANPCEN is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 40023 ANPCEN is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 40023 ANPCEN's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 40023 ANPCEN's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Villes et villages étoilés is named after 40023 ANPCEN^[6].
• 40023 ANPCEN's follows is recorded as (40022) 1998 HP146^[7].
• 40023 ANPCEN's followed by is recorded as (40024) 1998 HW148^[8].
• 40023 ANPCEN's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 40023 ANPCEN's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 40023 ANPCEN's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 PD1^[11].
• 40023 ANPCEN's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HU148^[12].
• 40023 ANPCEN's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VN29^[13].
• 40023 ANPCEN's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-25T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 40023 ANPCEN's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20040023^[15].
• 40023 ANPCEN's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 40023 ANPCEN's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.26'}^[17].
• 40023 ANPCEN's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2591174'}^[18].
• 40023 ANPCEN's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2614277699204318'}^[19].
• 40023 ANPCEN's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[20].
• 40023 ANPCEN's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[21].
• 40023 ANPCEN's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.07064'}^[22].
• 40023 ANPCEN's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.072096066973189'}^[23].
• 40023 ANPCEN's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.08'}^[24].
• 40023 ANPCEN's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1488.503735344982'}^[25].
• 40023 ANPCEN's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+240.20065'}^[26].
• 40023 ANPCEN's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+240.0816398295636'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

40023 ANPCEN's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Villes et villages étoilés is named after 40023 ANPCEN^[6].

Why It Matters

40023 ANPCEN 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 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]