99949 Miepgies

Summary

99949 Miepgies is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 99949 Miepgies is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[3].
• 99949 Miepgies's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 99949 Miepgies's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Miep Gies is named after 99949 Miepgies^[6].
• 99949 Miepgies followed (99948) 1952 SU1^[7].
• 99949 Miepgies was followed by 99950 Euchenor^[8].
• 99949 Miepgies's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 99949 Miepgies's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 99949 Miepgies's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 FD^[11].
• 99949 Miepgies's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 UU^[12].
• 99949 Miepgies's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1972-03-16T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 99949 Miepgies's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 99949 Miepgies's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[15].
• 99949 Miepgies's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1456061492215508'}^[16].
• 99949 Miepgies's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.4'}^[17].
• 99949 Miepgies's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.51'}^[18].
• 99949 Miepgies's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+29.4'}^[19].
• 99949 Miepgies's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+29.39783648105062'}^[20].
• 99949 Miepgies's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1505.73563018086'}^[21].
• 99949 Miepgies's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+353.4'}^[22].
• 99949 Miepgies's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+353.2544281774729'}^[23].
• 99949 Miepgies's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.570988891783271'}^[24].
• 99949 Miepgies's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.945340684007216'}^[25].
• 99949 Miepgies's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.196637099559327'}^[26].
• 99949 Miepgies's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+159.8'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

99949 Miepgies's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Miep Gies is named after 99949 Miepgies^[6].

Why It Matters

99949 Miepgies has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]