15415 Rika

Summary

15415 Rika is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15415 Rika is credited with the discovery of Akimasa Nakamura^[3].
• 15415 Rika's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15415 Rika's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory^[5].
• 15415 Rika's follows is recorded as Q13389790^[6].
• 15415 Rika's followed by is recorded as (15416) 1998 DZ2^[7].
• 15415 Rika's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 15415 Rika's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 15415 Rika's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 PC1^[10].
• 15415 Rika's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 PH^[11].
• 15415 Rika's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WK22^[12].
• 15415 Rika's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 CA1^[13].
• 15415 Rika's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-02-04T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 15415 Rika's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y8555^[15].
• 15415 Rika's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015415^[16].
• 15415 Rika's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 15415 Rika's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[18].
• 15415 Rika's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2286707'}^[19].
• 15415 Rika's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2280665984804161'}^[20].
• 15415 Rika's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[21].
• 15415 Rika's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.29'}^[22].
• 15415 Rika's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.478'}^[23].
• 15415 Rika's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.47874'}^[24].
• 15415 Rika's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.475409008301942'}^[25].
• 15415 Rika's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.27'}^[26].
• 15415 Rika's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1193.133654406968'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15415 Rika's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

15415 Rika ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]