42487 Ångström

Summary

42487 Ångström is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 42487 Ångström is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 42487 Ångström is credited with the discovery of Lutz D. Schmadel^[4].
• 42487 Ångström's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 42487 Ångström's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[6].
• Anders Jonas Ångström is named after 42487 Ångström^[7].
• 42487 Ångström's follows is recorded as (42486) 1991 GY2^[8].
• 42487 Ångström's followed by is recorded as (42488) 1991 RN17^[9].
• 42487 Ångström's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 42487 Ångström's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 42487 Ångström's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RY2^[12].
• 42487 Ångström's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-09-09T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 42487 Ångström's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/040660l^[14].
• 42487 Ångström's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20042487^[15].
• 42487 Ångström's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 42487 Ångström's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 42487 Ångström's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1364745387643928'}^[18].
• 42487 Ångström's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[19].
• 42487 Ångström's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.29'}^[20].
• 42487 Ångström's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.8'}^[21].
• 42487 Ångström's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.844135158659838'}^[22].
• 42487 Ångström's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1426.920951206105'}^[23].
• 42487 Ångström's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+279.7'}^[24].
• 42487 Ångström's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+279.4610161400192'}^[25].
• 42487 Ångström's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.480471978231867'}^[26].
• 42487 Ångström's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.818993247379062'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

42487 Ångström's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Anders Jonas Ångström is named after 42487 Ångström^[7].

Why It Matters

42487 Ångström ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]