(14402) 1991 DB

Summary

(14402) 1991 DB is an asteroid^[1]. (14402) 1991 DB ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• (14402) 1991 DB is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• (14402) 1991 DB's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• (14402) 1991 DB's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• (14402) 1991 DB's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• (14402) 1991 DB's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• (14402) 1991 DB's follows is recorded as 14401 Reikoyukawa^[8].
• (14402) 1991 DB's followed by is recorded as Q11758847^[9].
• (14402) 1991 DB's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• (14402) 1991 DB's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• (14402) 1991 DB's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 DB^[12].
• (14402) 1991 DB's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-02-18T00:00:00Z^[13].
• (14402) 1991 DB's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20014402^[14].
• (14402) 1991 DB's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[15].
• (14402) 1991 DB's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.40'}^[16].
• (14402) 1991 DB's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4021438'}^[17].
• (14402) 1991 DB's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4016937463833632'}^[18].
• (14402) 1991 DB's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.7'}^[19].
• (14402) 1991 DB's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.77'}^[20].
• (14402) 1991 DB's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.41762'}^[21].
• (14402) 1991 DB's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.41110498197266'}^[22].
• (14402) 1991 DB's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.25'}^[23].
• (14402) 1991 DB's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+820.2267528243632'}^[24].
• (14402) 1991 DB's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.261'}^[25].
• (14402) 1991 DB's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+158.24812'}^[26].
• (14402) 1991 DB's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+158.1394284397496'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

(14402) 1991 DB ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] (14402) 1991 DB has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] (14402) 1991 DB is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]