15461 Johnbird

Summary

15461 Johnbird is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15461 Johnbird is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 15461 Johnbird's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15461 Johnbird's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• John Bird is named after 15461 Johnbird^[6].
• 15461 Johnbird's follows is recorded as Q140655^[7].
• 15461 Johnbird's followed by is recorded as 15462 Stumegan^[8].
• 15461 Johnbird's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 15461 Johnbird's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 15461 Johnbird's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 YT29^[11].
• 15461 Johnbird's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 GV42^[12].
• 15461 Johnbird's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-12-27T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 15461 Johnbird's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y52cl^[14].
• 15461 Johnbird's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015461^[15].
• 15461 Johnbird's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 15461 Johnbird's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[17].
• 15461 Johnbird's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1236848'}^[18].
• 15461 Johnbird's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1251767197434943'}^[19].
• 15461 Johnbird's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[20].
• 15461 Johnbird's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.64'}^[21].
• 15461 Johnbird's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.41847'}^[22].
• 15461 Johnbird's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.41917528995496'}^[23].
• 15461 Johnbird's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.7'}^[24].
• 15461 Johnbird's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2080.086145845229'}^[25].
• 15461 Johnbird's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.54481'}^[26].
• 15461 Johnbird's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.49252812166506'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15461 Johnbird's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

John Bird is named after 15461 Johnbird^[6].

Why It Matters

15461 Johnbird 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]