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5780 Lafontaine

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Summary

5780 Lafontaine is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 5780 Lafontaine is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[5].
  • Jean de La Fontaine is named after 5780 Lafontaine[6].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's follows is recorded as 5779 Schupmann[7].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's followed by is recorded as 5781 Barkhatova[8].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[10].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1962 TO[12].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 VT1[13].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 XB7[14].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 EJ2[15].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-03-02T00:00:00Z[16].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y6_88[17].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005780[18].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's significant event is recorded as naming[19].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}[20].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1314116'}[21].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1370677646087174'}[22].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.2'}[23].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.11'}[24].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.67711'}[25].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.650025711017278'}[26].
  • 5780 Lafontaine's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+6.12'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

5780 Lafontaine is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].

Why It Matters

5780 Lafontaine has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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