5956 d'Alembert

Summary

5956 d'Alembert is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 5956 d'Alembert is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 5956 d'Alembert's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5956 d'Alembert's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Jean Le Rond d'Alembert is named after 5956 d'Alembert^[6].
• 5956 d'Alembert's follows is recorded as Q742034^[7].
• 5956 d'Alembert's followed by is recorded as 5957 Irina^[8].
• 5956 d'Alembert's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5956 d'Alembert's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5956 d'Alembert's provisional designation is recorded as 1959 PA^[11].
• 5956 d'Alembert's provisional designation is recorded as 1968 QN^[12].
• 5956 d'Alembert's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 RB5^[13].
• 5956 d'Alembert's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 VG9^[14].
• 5956 d'Alembert's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 CF5^[15].
• 5956 d'Alembert's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-02-13T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 5956 d'Alembert's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1bl0^[17].
• 5956 d'Alembert's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005956^[18].
• 5956 d'Alembert's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[19].
• 5956 d'Alembert's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 5956 d'Alembert's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.29'}^[21].
• 5956 d'Alembert's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2922177'}^[22].
• 5956 d'Alembert's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2916871534849612'}^[23].
• 5956 d'Alembert's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.2'}^[24].
• 5956 d'Alembert's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.22'}^[25].
• 5956 d'Alembert's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.97132'}^[26].
• 5956 d'Alembert's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.972225647674467'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

5956 d'Alembert is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

5956 d'Alembert has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]