42492 Brüggenthies

Summary

42492 Brüggenthies is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 42492 Brüggenthies is credited with the discovery of Lutz D. Schmadel^[3].
• 42492 Brüggenthies is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[4].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[6].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's follows is recorded as (42491) 1991 TF^[7].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's followed by is recorded as (42493) 1991 TG14^[8].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 TD7^[11].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 OR7^[12].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-10-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20042492^[14].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[16].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2080465110514626'}^[17].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.7'}^[18].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.94'}^[19].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.3'}^[20].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.307704098404296'}^[21].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1232.15100117578'}^[22].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+259.2'}^[23].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+259.0914844609733'}^[24].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.249280776633172'}^[25].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.717235794586828'}^[26].
• 42492 Brüggenthies's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.781325758679517'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

42492 Brüggenthies's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

42492 Brüggenthies ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]