5780 Lafontaine

Summary

5780 Lafontaine is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 5780 Lafontaine is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 5780 Lafontaine's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5780 Lafontaine's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Jean de La Fontaine is named after 5780 Lafontaine^[6].
• 5780 Lafontaine's follows is recorded as Q222510^[7].
• 5780 Lafontaine's followed by is recorded as 5781 Barkhatova^[8].
• 5780 Lafontaine's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5780 Lafontaine's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 5780 Lafontaine's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5780 Lafontaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1962 TO^[12].
• 5780 Lafontaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 VT1^[13].
• 5780 Lafontaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 XB7^[14].
• 5780 Lafontaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 EJ2^[15].
• 5780 Lafontaine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-03-02T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 5780 Lafontaine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y6_88^[17].
• 5780 Lafontaine's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005780^[18].
• 5780 Lafontaine's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 5780 Lafontaine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[20].
• 5780 Lafontaine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1314116'}^[21].
• 5780 Lafontaine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1370677646087174'}^[22].
• 5780 Lafontaine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.2'}^[23].
• 5780 Lafontaine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.11'}^[24].
• 5780 Lafontaine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.67711'}^[25].
• 5780 Lafontaine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.650025711017278'}^[26].
• 5780 Lafontaine's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+6.12'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

5780 Lafontaine is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

5780 Lafontaine has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]