99906 Uofalberta

Summary

99906 Uofalberta is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 99906 Uofalberta is credited with the discovery of Andrew Lowe^[3].
• 99906 Uofalberta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 99906 Uofalberta's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• University of Alberta is named after 99906 Uofalberta^[6].
• 99906 Uofalberta followed 99905 Jeffgrossman^[7].
• 99906 Uofalberta was followed by (99907) 1989 VA^[8].
• 99906 Uofalberta's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 99906 Uofalberta's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 99906 Uofalberta's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 99906 Uofalberta's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 QV53^[12].
• 99906 Uofalberta's time of discovery or invention is recorded as August 17, 2002^[13].
• 99906 Uofalberta's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 99906 Uofalberta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[15].
• 99906 Uofalberta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08732665098302927'}^[16].
• 99906 Uofalberta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[17].
• 99906 Uofalberta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.01'}^[18].
• 99906 Uofalberta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.7'}^[19].
• 99906 Uofalberta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.66807285800484'}^[20].
• 99906 Uofalberta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2102.483864515644'}^[21].
• 99906 Uofalberta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+161.5'}^[22].
• 99906 Uofalberta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+161.1042560711104'}^[23].
• 99906 Uofalberta's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.211856718488313'}^[24].
• 99906 Uofalberta's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.49233740915124'}^[25].
• 99906 Uofalberta's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.931376027825387'}^[26].
• 99906 Uofalberta's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+215.7'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

99906 Uofalberta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

University of Alberta is named after 99906 Uofalberta^[6].

Why It Matters

99906 Uofalberta ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]