69434 de Gerlache

Summary

69434 de Gerlache is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 69434 de Gerlache is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 69434 de Gerlache's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 69434 de Gerlache's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 69434 de Gerlache's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• 69434 de Gerlache's follows is recorded as (69433) 1996 HY18^[7].
• 69434 de Gerlache's followed by is recorded as (69435) 1996 HH21^[8].
• 69434 de Gerlache's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 69434 de Gerlache's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 69434 de Gerlache's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 HC21^[11].
• 69434 de Gerlache's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XO197^[12].
• 69434 de Gerlache's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-04-18T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 69434 de Gerlache's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cm9sy9^[14].
• 69434 de Gerlache's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20069434^[15].
• 69434 de Gerlache's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 69434 de Gerlache's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.26'}^[17].
• 69434 de Gerlache's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2536944083565006'}^[18].
• 69434 de Gerlache's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[19].
• 69434 de Gerlache's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.57'}^[20].
• 69434 de Gerlache's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.4'}^[21].
• 69434 de Gerlache's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.39910680352132'}^[22].
• 69434 de Gerlache's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2019.83861211986'}^[23].
• 69434 de Gerlache's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45.2'}^[24].
• 69434 de Gerlache's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45.11192801536556'}^[25].
• 69434 de Gerlache's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.127126828389893'}^[26].
• 69434 de Gerlache's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.920461418974007'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

69434 de Gerlache's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

69434 de Gerlache ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]