42981 Jenniskens

Summary

42981 Jenniskens is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 42981 Jenniskens is credited with the discovery of Ondřejov Observatory^[3].
• 42981 Jenniskens's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 42981 Jenniskens's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ondřejov Observatory^[5].
• Peter Jenniskens is named after 42981 Jenniskens^[6].
• 42981 Jenniskens's follows is recorded as (42980) 1999 TM224^[7].
• 42981 Jenniskens's followed by is recorded as (42982) 1999 TC227^[8].
• 42981 Jenniskens's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 42981 Jenniskens's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 42981 Jenniskens's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TY224^[11].
• 42981 Jenniskens's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-10-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 42981 Jenniskens's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043mjbg^[13].
• 42981 Jenniskens's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20042981^[14].
• 42981 Jenniskens's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 42981 Jenniskens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[16].
• 42981 Jenniskens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1411737570449761'}^[17].
• 42981 Jenniskens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.7'}^[18].
• 42981 Jenniskens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.79'}^[19].
• 42981 Jenniskens's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.9'}^[20].
• 42981 Jenniskens's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.936043845772041'}^[21].
• 42981 Jenniskens's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1476.518817358593'}^[22].
• 42981 Jenniskens's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+204.2'}^[23].
• 42981 Jenniskens's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+204.0089307301326'}^[24].
• 42981 Jenniskens's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.537622635396074'}^[25].
• 42981 Jenniskens's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.895868356797311'}^[26].
• 42981 Jenniskens's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.179376913994837'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

42981 Jenniskens's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Peter Jenniskens is named after 42981 Jenniskens^[6].

Why It Matters

42981 Jenniskens ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]