89264 Sewanee

Summary

89264 Sewanee is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 89264 Sewanee is credited with the discovery of Douglas Tybor Durig^[3].
• 89264 Sewanee's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 89264 Sewanee's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cordell–Lorenz Observatory^[5].
• Sewanee: The University of the South is named after 89264 Sewanee^[6].
• 89264 Sewanee's follows is recorded as (89263) 2001 VZ1^[7].
• 89264 Sewanee's followed by is recorded as (89265) 2001 VE5^[8].
• 89264 Sewanee's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 89264 Sewanee's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 89264 Sewanee's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 NH2^[11].
• 89264 Sewanee's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 VN2^[12].
• 89264 Sewanee's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-11-11T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 89264 Sewanee's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygdmb^[14].
• 89264 Sewanee's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20089264^[15].
• 89264 Sewanee's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 89264 Sewanee's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 89264 Sewanee's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1375828496606553'}^[18].
• 89264 Sewanee's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.8'}^[19].
• 89264 Sewanee's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.92'}^[20].
• 89264 Sewanee's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.6'}^[21].
• 89264 Sewanee's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.64641227417848'}^[22].
• 89264 Sewanee's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1326.19194929621'}^[23].
• 89264 Sewanee's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+96.7'}^[24].
• 89264 Sewanee's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+96.53688755208638'}^[25].
• 89264 Sewanee's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.362319528886965'}^[26].
• 89264 Sewanee's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.68733418148025'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

89264 Sewanee's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Sewanee: The University of the South is named after 89264 Sewanee^[6].

Why It Matters

89264 Sewanee ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]