15338 Dufault

Summary

15338 Dufault is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15338 Dufault is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 15338 Dufault's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15338 Dufault's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• 15338 Dufault's follows is recorded as (15337) 1993 VT2^[6].
• 15338 Dufault's followed by is recorded as 15339 Pierazzo^[7].
• 15338 Dufault's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 15338 Dufault's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 15338 Dufault's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 AZ4^[10].
• 15338 Dufault's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 CR83^[11].
• 15338 Dufault's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-01-05T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 15338 Dufault's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k3f05h^[13].
• 15338 Dufault's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015338^[14].
• 15338 Dufault's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 15338 Dufault's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[16].
• 15338 Dufault's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1231137'}^[17].
• 15338 Dufault's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1293270073225161'}^[18].
• 15338 Dufault's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[19].
• 15338 Dufault's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.49'}^[20].
• 15338 Dufault's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.94093'}^[21].
• 15338 Dufault's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.937200115291847'}^[22].
• 15338 Dufault's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.0'}^[23].
• 15338 Dufault's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1824.141939855465'}^[24].
• 15338 Dufault's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.351'}^[25].
• 15338 Dufault's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+96.42556'}^[26].
• 15338 Dufault's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+96.18727136127032'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15338 Dufault's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

15338 Dufault ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]