6142 Tantawi

Summary

6142 Tantawi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6142 Tantawi is credited with the discovery of Alan Gilmore^[3].
• 6142 Tantawi is credited with the discovery of Pamela Kilmartin^[4].
• 6142 Tantawi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6142 Tantawi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount John University Observatory^[6].
• 6142 Tantawi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lake Tekapo^[7].
• 6142 Tantawi's follows is recorded as Q553691^[8].
• 6142 Tantawi's followed by is recorded as Q553716^[9].
• 6142 Tantawi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 6142 Tantawi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 6142 Tantawi's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FP^[12].
• 6142 Tantawi's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 LJ^[13].
• 6142 Tantawi's provisional designation is recorded as 1970 GJ^[14].
• 6142 Tantawi's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 DC4^[15].
• 6142 Tantawi's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 XY5^[16].
• 6142 Tantawi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-03-23T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 6142 Tantawi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0by1wj9^[18].
• 6142 Tantawi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006142^[19].
• 6142 Tantawi's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 6142 Tantawi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[21].
• 6142 Tantawi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1381413'}^[22].
• 6142 Tantawi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1400437011837795'}^[23].
• 6142 Tantawi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[24].
• 6142 Tantawi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[25].
• 6142 Tantawi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.87'}^[26].
• 6142 Tantawi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.94536'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6142 Tantawi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

6142 Tantawi ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]