15417 Babylon

Summary

15417 Babylon is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 15417 Babylon is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 15417 Babylon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15417 Babylon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 15417 Babylon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Babylon is named after 15417 Babylon^[7].
• 15417 Babylon's follows is recorded as (15416) 1998 DZ2^[8].
• 15417 Babylon's followed by is recorded as 15418 Sergiospinelli^[9].
• 15417 Babylon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 15417 Babylon's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[11].
• 15417 Babylon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 15417 Babylon's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 AY2^[13].
• 15417 Babylon's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 DH34^[14].
• 15417 Babylon's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JX27^[15].
• 15417 Babylon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-02-27T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 15417 Babylon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0wnm^[17].
• 15417 Babylon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015417^[18].
• 15417 Babylon's asteroid family is recorded as Hilda group^[19].
• 15417 Babylon's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 15417 Babylon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}^[21].
• 15417 Babylon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0535657'}^[22].
• 15417 Babylon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05179210375635405'}^[23].
• 15417 Babylon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.8'}^[24].
• 15417 Babylon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.96'}^[25].
• 15417 Babylon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.18459'}^[26].
• 15417 Babylon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.184599214560348'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

15417 Babylon is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

15417 Babylon has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]