148780 Altjira

Summary

148780 Altjira is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 148780 Altjira is credited with the discovery of Deep Ecliptic Survey^[3].
• 148780 Altjira is credited with the discovery of Marc Buie^[4].
• 148780 Altjira's image is recorded as 148780-altjira-hubble.jpg^[5].
• 148780 Altjira's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 148780 Altjira's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[7].
• 148780 Altjira's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[8].
• Altjira is named after 148780 Altjira^[9].
• 148780 Altjira's follows is recorded as (148779) 2001 UJ18^[10].
• 148780 Altjira's followed by is recorded as (148781) 2001 UL19^[11].
• 148780 Altjira's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[12].
• 148780 Altjira's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Altjira symbol (fixed width).svg^[13].
• 148780 Altjira's Commons category is recorded as 148780 Altjira^[14].
• 148780 Altjira's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 148780 Altjira's child astronomical body is recorded as S/2007 (148780) 1^[16].
• 148780 Altjira's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 UQ18^[17].
• 148780 Altjira's catalog code is recorded as 2001 UQ18^[18].
• 148780 Altjira's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-10-20T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 148780 Altjira's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hncdp6^[20].
• 148780 Altjira's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20148780^[21].
• 148780 Altjira's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 148780 Altjira's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0582'}^[23].
• 148780 Altjira's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05684870993320834'}^[24].
• 148780 Altjira's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.76'}^[25].
• 148780 Altjira's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.77'}^[26].
• 148780 Altjira's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.1951'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[6] and trans-Neptunian object^[7].

History and Context

148780 Altjira's catalog code is recorded as 2001 UQ18^[18]. Altjira is named after it^[9].

Why It Matters

148780 Altjira ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]