78578 Donpettit

Summary

78578 Donpettit is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 78578 Donpettit is credited with the discovery of Robert Matson^[3].
• 78578 Donpettit's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 78578 Donpettit's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 78578 Donpettit's follows is recorded as 78577 JPL^[6].
• 78578 Donpettit's followed by is recorded as Q15191720^[7].
• 78578 Donpettit's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 78578 Donpettit's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 78578 Donpettit's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 RM233^[10].
• 78578 Donpettit's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-09-14T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 78578 Donpettit's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1gsj^[12].
• 78578 Donpettit's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20078578^[13].
• 78578 Donpettit's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 78578 Donpettit's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[15].
• 78578 Donpettit's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03927413269339585'}^[16].
• 78578 Donpettit's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.5'}^[17].
• 78578 Donpettit's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.62'}^[18].
• 78578 Donpettit's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.0'}^[19].
• 78578 Donpettit's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.044183705103383'}^[20].
• 78578 Donpettit's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1510.544859231002'}^[21].
• 78578 Donpettit's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+178.4'}^[22].
• 78578 Donpettit's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+178.3285114526439'}^[23].
• 78578 Donpettit's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.576460371037265'}^[24].
• 78578 Donpettit's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.677648617528659'}^[25].
• 78578 Donpettit's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.475272124545872'}^[26].
• 78578 Donpettit's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+93.3'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

78578 Donpettit's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

78578 Donpettit has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]