79144 Cervantes

Summary

79144 Cervantes is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 79144 Cervantes is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 79144 Cervantes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 79144 Cervantes's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Miguel de Cervantes is named after 79144 Cervantes^[6].
• 79144 Cervantes's follows is recorded as Q15202623^[7].
• 79144 Cervantes's followed by is recorded as Q15202624^[8].
• 79144 Cervantes's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 79144 Cervantes's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 79144 Cervantes's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 CM3^[11].
• 79144 Cervantes's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 CW43^[12].
• 79144 Cervantes's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-02-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 79144 Cervantes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y15m6^[14].
• 79144 Cervantes's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20079144^[15].
• 79144 Cervantes's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 79144 Cervantes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.33'}^[17].
• 79144 Cervantes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3299720648915941'}^[18].
• 79144 Cervantes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[19].
• 79144 Cervantes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.04'}^[20].
• 79144 Cervantes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.0'}^[21].
• 79144 Cervantes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.06536123683737'}^[22].
• 79144 Cervantes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1569.917721901265'}^[23].
• 79144 Cervantes's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+15.4401'}^[24].
• 79144 Cervantes's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+134.1'}^[25].
• 79144 Cervantes's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133.8970056016358'}^[26].
• 79144 Cervantes's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.643538522162087'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

79144 Cervantes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Miguel de Cervantes is named after 79144 Cervantes^[6].

Why It Matters

79144 Cervantes ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]