11998 Fermilab

Summary

11998 Fermilab is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11998 Fermilab is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 11998 Fermilab's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 11998 Fermilab's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• Fermilab is named after 11998 Fermilab^[6].
• 11998 Fermilab's follows is recorded as 11997 Fassel^[7].
• 11998 Fermilab's followed by is recorded as (11999) 1996 BV1^[8].
• 11998 Fermilab's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 11998 Fermilab's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 11998 Fermilab's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VT5^[11].
• 11998 Fermilab's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WO11^[12].
• 11998 Fermilab's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 AG7^[13].
• 11998 Fermilab's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-01-12T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 11998 Fermilab's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y23tv^[15].
• 11998 Fermilab's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011998^[16].
• 11998 Fermilab's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 11998 Fermilab's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.24'}^[18].
• 11998 Fermilab's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2441435'}^[19].
• 11998 Fermilab's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2417358973112685'}^[20].
• 11998 Fermilab's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[21].
• 11998 Fermilab's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.36'}^[22].
• 11998 Fermilab's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.24240'}^[23].
• 11998 Fermilab's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.23860233953855'}^[24].
• 11998 Fermilab's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.37'}^[25].
• 11998 Fermilab's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1967.604152692875'}^[26].
• 11998 Fermilab's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+87.29575'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11998 Fermilab's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Fermilab is named after 11998 Fermilab^[6].

Why It Matters

11998 Fermilab ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]