118945 Rikhill

Summary

118945 Rikhill is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 118945 Rikhill is credited with the discovery of David Healy^[3].
• 118945 Rikhill is credited with the discovery of Jeffrey S. Medkeff^[4].
• 118945 Rikhill's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 118945 Rikhill's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Junk Bond Observatory^[6].
• 118945 Rikhill's follows is recorded as (118944) 2000 WU67^[7].
• 118945 Rikhill's followed by is recorded as (118946) 2000 WQ69^[8].
• 118945 Rikhill's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 118945 Rikhill's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 118945 Rikhill's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WS68^[11].
• 118945 Rikhill's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-29T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 118945 Rikhill's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20118945^[13].
• 118945 Rikhill's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 118945 Rikhill's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[15].
• 118945 Rikhill's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0510597968408602'}^[16].
• 118945 Rikhill's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[17].
• 118945 Rikhill's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.96'}^[18].
• 118945 Rikhill's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.8'}^[19].
• 118945 Rikhill's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.857336249150044'}^[20].
• 118945 Rikhill's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2073.265378944061'}^[21].
• 118945 Rikhill's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+58.2'}^[22].
• 118945 Rikhill's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+57.62940716081377'}^[23].
• 118945 Rikhill's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.182030312263678'}^[24].
• 118945 Rikhill's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.34450413354932'}^[25].
• 118945 Rikhill's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.019556490978036'}^[26].
• 118945 Rikhill's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+126.2'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

118945 Rikhill's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

118945 Rikhill has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]