(15039) 1998 WN16

Summary

(15039) 1998 WN16 is an asteroid^[1]. (15039) 1998 WN16 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]

Key Facts

• (15039) 1998 WN16 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's follows is recorded as (15038) 1998 WQ6^[6].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's followed by is recorded as (15040) 1998 XC^[7].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 UT8^[10].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WN16^[11].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-21T00:00:00Z^[12].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015039^[13].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1819504'}^[14].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1829629015452553'}^[15].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[16].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.15'}^[17].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.83024'}^[18].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.830148493555389'}^[19].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.66'}^[20].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1337.254891980352'}^[21].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+190.22038'}^[22].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+190.1084708792463'}^[23].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3763645'}^[24].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.375438798617789'}^[25].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.809'}^[26].
• (15039) 1998 WN16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.810055973656076'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(15039) 1998 WN16's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

(15039) 1998 WN16 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]