136818 Selqet

Summary

136818 Selqet is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 136818 Selqet is credited with the discovery of Roy A. Tucker^[3].
• 136818 Selqet's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 136818 Selqet's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 136818 Selqet's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 136818 Selqet's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goodricke-Pigott Observatory^[7].
• 136818 Selqet's follows is recorded as (136817) 1997 JR5^[8].
• 136818 Selqet's followed by is recorded as (136819) 1997 MG7^[9].
• 136818 Selqet's minor planet group is recorded as Aten asteroid^[10].
• 136818 Selqet's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 136818 Selqet's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 MW1^[12].
• 136818 Selqet's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-06-29T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 136818 Selqet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cvmmv1^[14].
• 136818 Selqet's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20136818^[15].
• 136818 Selqet's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 136818 Selqet's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.34645'}^[17].
• 136818 Selqet's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3463388478204629'}^[18].
• 136818 Selqet's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.1'}^[19].
• 136818 Selqet's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.98'}^[20].
• 136818 Selqet's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.7713'}^[21].
• 136818 Selqet's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.77777775205694'}^[22].
• 136818 Selqet's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+331.5550854180542'}^[23].
• 136818 Selqet's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+260.0139'}^[24].
• 136818 Selqet's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+259.9211401009761'}^[25].
• 136818 Selqet's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9375005066717822'}^[26].
• 136818 Selqet's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.262193351983588'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

136818 Selqet ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]