118401 LINEAR

Summary

118401 LINEAR is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 118401 LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 118401 LINEAR's image is recorded as Gemini North (GMOS) imaging of Asteroid 118401 (geminiann06008a).jpg^[4].
• 118401 LINEAR's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 118401 LINEAR's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 118401 LINEAR's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[7].
• Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research is named after 118401 LINEAR^[8].
• 118401 LINEAR's follows is recorded as (118400) 1999 RB63^[9].
• 118401 LINEAR's followed by is recorded as (118402) 1999 RK78^[10].
• 118401 LINEAR's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 118401 LINEAR's Commons category is recorded as 118401 LINEAR^[12].
• 118401 LINEAR's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 118401 LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 176P^[14].
• 118401 LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RE70^[15].
• 118401 LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 AR7^[16].
• 118401 LINEAR's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-07T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 118401 LINEAR's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02672td^[18].
• 118401 LINEAR's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20118401^[19].
• 118401 LINEAR's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 118401 LINEAR's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19362'}^[21].
• 118401 LINEAR's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1916374710278279'}^[22].
• 118401 LINEAR's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.1'}^[23].
• 118401 LINEAR's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.29'}^[24].
• 118401 LINEAR's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.23766'}^[25].
• 118401 LINEAR's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.2310033968554721'}^[26].
• 118401 LINEAR's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2086.786246438446'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and periodic comet^[6].

History and Context

Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research is named after 118401 LINEAR^[8].

Why It Matters

118401 LINEAR ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]