152830 Dinkinesh

Summary

152830 Dinkinesh is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.32% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month, #13 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 152830 Dinkinesh is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• Lucy is named after 152830 Dinkinesh^[6].
• 152830 Dinkinesh followed (152829) 1999 VQ33^[7].
• 152830 Dinkinesh was followed by (152831) 1999 VJ57^[8].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's Commons category is recorded as 152830 Dinkinesh^[10].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's child astronomical body is recorded as 152830 I Selam^[12].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VD57^[13].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's provisional designation is recorded as 2004 HJ78^[14].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's provisional designation is recorded as 2007 CB63^[15].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 4, 1999^[16].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1120'}^[19].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1124284065862418'}^[20].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.40'}^[21].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.455'}^[22].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's orbital inclination is recorded as {'amount': '+2.093263841326789'}^[23].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's density is recorded as {'amount': '+2400.0'}^[24].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's orbital period is recorded as {'amount': '+1184.728741267934'}^[25].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's rotation period is recorded as {'amount': '+3.7387'}^[26].
• 152830 Dinkinesh's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'amount': '+21.36622643061029'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

152830 Dinkinesh's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Lucy is named after 152830 Dinkinesh^[6].

Why It Matters

152830 Dinkinesh ranks in the top 0.32% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month, #13 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]