48451 Pichincha

Summary

48451 Pichincha is an asteroid^[1].

Key Facts

• 48451 Pichincha is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[2].
• 48451 Pichincha's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[3].
• 48451 Pichincha's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[4].
• Pichincha Volcano is named after 48451 Pichincha^[5].
• 48451 Pichincha's follows is recorded as (48450) 1991 NA^[6].
• 48451 Pichincha's followed by is recorded as (48452) 1991 PH7^[7].
• 48451 Pichincha's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 48451 Pichincha's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 48451 Pichincha's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 JH9^[10].
• 48451 Pichincha's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RT11^[11].
• 48451 Pichincha's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 PC3^[12].
• 48451 Pichincha's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-08-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 48451 Pichincha's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20048451^[14].
• 48451 Pichincha's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 48451 Pichincha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[16].
• 48451 Pichincha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08746232966101908'}^[17].
• 48451 Pichincha's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[18].
• 48451 Pichincha's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[19].
• 48451 Pichincha's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.2'}^[20].
• 48451 Pichincha's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.17433321380707'}^[21].
• 48451 Pichincha's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1979.894616219461'}^[22].
• 48451 Pichincha's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+128.7'}^[23].
• 48451 Pichincha's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+128.4506017255505'}^[24].
• 48451 Pichincha's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.085762037811076'}^[25].
• 48451 Pichincha's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.355649974417566'}^[26].

Body

Designation and Status

48451 Pichincha's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[3].

History and Context

Pichincha Volcano is named after 48451 Pichincha^[5].