50240 Cortina

Summary

50240 Cortina is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 50240 Cortina is credited with the discovery of Alessandro Dimai^[3].
• 50240 Cortina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 50240 Cortina's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Helmut Ullrich Astronomical Observatory^[5].
• Cortina d'Ampezzo is named after 50240 Cortina^[6].
• 50240 Cortina's follows is recorded as (50239) 2000 BW3^[7].
• 50240 Cortina's followed by is recorded as (50241) 2000 BB8^[8].
• 50240 Cortina's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 50240 Cortina's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 50240 Cortina's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WP5^[11].
• 50240 Cortina's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 BY3^[12].
• 50240 Cortina's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-01-28T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 50240 Cortina's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y196c^[14].
• 50240 Cortina's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20050240^[15].
• 50240 Cortina's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 50240 Cortina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 50240 Cortina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1348074799903526'}^[18].
• 50240 Cortina's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[19].
• 50240 Cortina's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.52'}^[20].
• 50240 Cortina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.7'}^[21].
• 50240 Cortina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.71570195886332'}^[22].
• 50240 Cortina's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1481.835404581431'}^[23].
• 50240 Cortina's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+72.1'}^[24].
• 50240 Cortina's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+71.877048414906'}^[25].
• 50240 Cortina's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.543710562508259'}^[26].
• 50240 Cortina's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.88662177326484'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

50240 Cortina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Cortina d'Ampezzo is named after 50240 Cortina^[6].

Why It Matters

50240 Cortina has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]