13294 Rockox

Summary

13294 Rockox is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 13294 Rockox is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 13294 Rockox's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 13294 Rockox's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• 13294 Rockox's follows is recorded as 13293 Mechelen^[6].
• 13294 Rockox's followed by is recorded as (13295) 1998 RE^[7].
• 13294 Rockox's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 13294 Rockox's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 13294 Rockox's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QO105^[10].
• 13294 Rockox's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 FH^[11].
• 13294 Rockox's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-25T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 13294 Rockox's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20013294^[13].
• 13294 Rockox's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 13294 Rockox's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[15].
• 13294 Rockox's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0980203'}^[16].
• 13294 Rockox's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09875594185758507'}^[17].
• 13294 Rockox's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[18].
• 13294 Rockox's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.38'}^[19].
• 13294 Rockox's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.73362'}^[20].
• 13294 Rockox's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.736324215740662'}^[21].
• 13294 Rockox's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.39'}^[22].
• 13294 Rockox's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1238.824228371784'}^[23].
• 13294 Rockox's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.24305'}^[24].
• 13294 Rockox's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+48.77468'}^[25].
• 13294 Rockox's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+48.69656927554567'}^[26].
• 13294 Rockox's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2576656'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

13294 Rockox's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

13294 Rockox ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]