15246 Kumeta

Summary

15246 Kumeta is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15246 Kumeta is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 15246 Kumeta is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 15246 Kumeta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 15246 Kumeta's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• 15246 Kumeta's follows is recorded as (15245) 1989 TP16^[7].
• 15246 Kumeta's followed by is recorded as (15247) 1989 WS^[8].
• 15246 Kumeta's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 15246 Kumeta's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 15246 Kumeta's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 VS1^[11].
• 15246 Kumeta's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-11-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 15246 Kumeta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cc5zmz^[13].
• 15246 Kumeta's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015246^[14].
• 15246 Kumeta's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 15246 Kumeta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[16].
• 15246 Kumeta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2037575'}^[17].
• 15246 Kumeta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2042661140939488'}^[18].
• 15246 Kumeta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[19].
• 15246 Kumeta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.32'}^[20].
• 15246 Kumeta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.63605'}^[21].
• 15246 Kumeta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.636668890270406'}^[22].
• 15246 Kumeta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.26'}^[23].
• 15246 Kumeta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1556.305727287085'}^[24].
• 15246 Kumeta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+117.54204'}^[25].
• 15246 Kumeta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+117.49845378'}^[26].
• 15246 Kumeta's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6284984'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15246 Kumeta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

15246 Kumeta ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]