15294 Underwood

Summary

15294 Underwood is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15294 Underwood is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 15294 Underwood is credited with the discovery of David H. Levy^[4].
• 15294 Underwood's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 15294 Underwood's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 15294 Underwood's follows is recorded as (15293) 1991 VO3^[7].
• 15294 Underwood's followed by is recorded as 15295 Tante Riek^[8].
• 15294 Underwood's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 15294 Underwood's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 15294 Underwood's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 TB2^[11].
• 15294 Underwood's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VD5^[12].
• 15294 Underwood's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-11-07T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 15294 Underwood's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhk98^[14].
• 15294 Underwood's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015294^[15].
• 15294 Underwood's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 15294 Underwood's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[17].
• 15294 Underwood's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1840211'}^[18].
• 15294 Underwood's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1834686885129226'}^[19].
• 15294 Underwood's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[20].
• 15294 Underwood's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.45'}^[21].
• 15294 Underwood's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.59230'}^[22].
• 15294 Underwood's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.593437194596777'}^[23].
• 15294 Underwood's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.17'}^[24].
• 15294 Underwood's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1158.108785704607'}^[25].
• 15294 Underwood's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+117.97991'}^[26].
• 15294 Underwood's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+117.9250154645426'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15294 Underwood's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

15294 Underwood ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]