14145 Sciam

Summary

14145 Sciam is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 14145 Sciam is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 14145 Sciam's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 14145 Sciam's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Scientific American is named after 14145 Sciam^[6].
• 14145 Sciam's follows is recorded as (14144) 1998 SQ22^[7].
• 14145 Sciam's followed by is recorded as 14146 Hughmaclean^[8].
• 14145 Sciam's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 14145 Sciam's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 14145 Sciam's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FC31^[11].
• 14145 Sciam's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SE24^[12].
• 14145 Sciam's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-09-17T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 14145 Sciam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg9lp^[14].
• 14145 Sciam's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20014145^[15].
• 14145 Sciam's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 14145 Sciam's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[17].
• 14145 Sciam's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2081228'}^[18].
• 14145 Sciam's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2076098944707229'}^[19].
• 14145 Sciam's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.3'}^[20].
• 14145 Sciam's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.47'}^[21].
• 14145 Sciam's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.22745'}^[22].
• 14145 Sciam's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.230334644682365'}^[23].
• 14145 Sciam's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.73'}^[24].
• 14145 Sciam's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1365.555327767511'}^[25].
• 14145 Sciam's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+153.27015'}^[26].
• 14145 Sciam's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+153.1772793920785'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

14145 Sciam's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Scientific American is named after 14145 Sciam^[6].

Why It Matters

14145 Sciam ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]