84882 Table Mountain

Summary

84882 Table Mountain is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 84882 Table Mountain is credited with the discovery of James Whitney Young^[3].
• 84882 Table Mountain's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 84882 Table Mountain's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Table Mountain Observatory^[5].
• Table Mountain Observatory is named after 84882 Table Mountain^[6].
• 84882 Table Mountain's follows is recorded as (84881) 2003 CF11^[7].
• 84882 Table Mountain's followed by is recorded as (84883) 2003 DC22^[8].
• 84882 Table Mountain's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 84882 Table Mountain's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 84882 Table Mountain's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 UB9^[11].
• 84882 Table Mountain's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 CN16^[12].
• 84882 Table Mountain's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2003-02-01T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 84882 Table Mountain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg_m0^[14].
• 84882 Table Mountain's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20084882^[15].
• 84882 Table Mountain's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 84882 Table Mountain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.29'}^[17].
• 84882 Table Mountain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2941150728040369'}^[18].
• 84882 Table Mountain's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[19].
• 84882 Table Mountain's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.74'}^[20].
• 84882 Table Mountain's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.9'}^[21].
• 84882 Table Mountain's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.85884159352163'}^[22].
• 84882 Table Mountain's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1561.128980756469'}^[23].
• 84882 Table Mountain's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.6'}^[24].
• 84882 Table Mountain's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.46556782205517'}^[25].
• 84882 Table Mountain's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.633663224389736'}^[26].
• 84882 Table Mountain's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.408263275372437'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

84882 Table Mountain's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Table Mountain Observatory is named after 84882 Table Mountain^[6].

Why It Matters

84882 Table Mountain ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]