118230 Sado

Summary

118230 Sado is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 118230 Sado is credited with the discovery of Naoto Satō^[3].
• 118230 Sado's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 118230 Sado's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Chichibu Observatory^[5].
• Sado Island is named after 118230 Sado^[6].
• 118230 Sado's follows is recorded as (118229) 1996 VE23^[7].
• 118230 Sado's followed by is recorded as (118231) 1996 XQ18^[8].
• 118230 Sado's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 118230 Sado's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 118230 Sado's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 WY2^[11].
• 118230 Sado's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-11-30T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 118230 Sado's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg1mr^[13].
• 118230 Sado's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20118230^[14].
• 118230 Sado's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 118230 Sado's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.28'}^[16].
• 118230 Sado's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2815181561498707'}^[17].
• 118230 Sado's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.6'}^[18].
• 118230 Sado's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.86'}^[19].
• 118230 Sado's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.1'}^[20].
• 118230 Sado's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.13711984765469'}^[21].
• 118230 Sado's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1630.139943640872'}^[22].
• 118230 Sado's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+13.0889'}^[23].
• 118230 Sado's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+64.3'}^[24].
• 118230 Sado's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+64.0649191968836'}^[25].
• 118230 Sado's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.710717803730713'}^[26].
• 118230 Sado's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.473834081679611'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

118230 Sado's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Sado Island is named after 118230 Sado^[6].

Why It Matters

118230 Sado has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]