101462 Tahupotiki

Summary

101462 Tahupotiki is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 101462 Tahupotiki is credited with the discovery of Ian Paul Griffin^[3].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory^[5].
• Tahu Potiki is named after 101462 Tahupotiki^[6].
• 101462 Tahupotiki followed 101461 Dunedin^[7].
• 101462 Tahupotiki was followed by (101463) 1998 WM11^[8].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WW7^[11].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 BB50^[12].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 25, 1998^[13].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1877530759777576'}^[15].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.39'}^[16].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.22000885604544'}^[17].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1326.834884021746'}^[18].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+233.3129034620738'}^[19].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.363082965162956'}^[20].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.806759060662942'}^[21].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.919406869662971'}^[22].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+148.8996188509549'}^[23].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+182.1240729814492'}^[24].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[25].
• 101462 Tahupotiki's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461656.088847211'}^[26].

Body

Designation and Status

101462 Tahupotiki's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Tahu Potiki is named after 101462 Tahupotiki^[6].

Why It Matters

101462 Tahupotiki ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]