70942 Vandanashiva

Summary

70942 Vandanashiva is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 70942 Vandanashiva is credited with the discovery of Stefano Sposetti^[3].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Osservatorio Astronomico di Gnosca^[5].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's follows is recorded as (70941) 1999 WJ6^[6].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's followed by is recorded as (70943) 1999 WM9^[7].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 WV8^[10].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-28T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cmdn5z^[12].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20070942^[13].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.24'}^[15].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2399822528236674'}^[16].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[17].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.51'}^[18].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.2'}^[19].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.224365204597672'}^[20].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1524.216947500754'}^[21].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+160.1'}^[22].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+159.8077139828511'}^[23].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.591983541440094'}^[24].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.214013590996756'}^[25].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.969953491883433'}^[26].
• 70942 Vandanashiva's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+254.1'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

70942 Vandanashiva's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

70942 Vandanashiva 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]