46824 Tambora

Summary

46824 Tambora is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 46824 Tambora is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 46824 Tambora's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 46824 Tambora's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Tambora is named after 46824 Tambora^[6].
• 46824 Tambora followed (46823) 1998 MN35^[7].
• 46824 Tambora was followed by (46825) 1998 OJ2^[8].
• 46824 Tambora's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 46824 Tambora's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 46824 Tambora's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MT38^[11].
• 46824 Tambora's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VW201^[12].
• 46824 Tambora's time of discovery or invention is recorded as June 26, 1998^[13].
• 46824 Tambora's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 46824 Tambora's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[15].
• 46824 Tambora's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08611971626656514'}^[16].
• 46824 Tambora's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[17].
• 46824 Tambora's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.6'}^[18].
• 46824 Tambora's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.4'}^[19].
• 46824 Tambora's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.404795372498282'}^[20].
• 46824 Tambora's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1362.260737404913'}^[21].
• 46824 Tambora's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+265.2'}^[22].
• 46824 Tambora's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+265.0575722071636'}^[23].
• 46824 Tambora's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.404960098435459'}^[24].
• 46824 Tambora's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.612074579745132'}^[25].
• 46824 Tambora's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.197845617125787'}^[26].
• 46824 Tambora's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+333.5'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

46824 Tambora's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Tambora is named after 46824 Tambora^[6].

Why It Matters

46824 Tambora ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]