15462 Stumegan

Summary

15462 Stumegan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15462 Stumegan is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 15462 Stumegan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15462 Stumegan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• Stu Megan is named after 15462 Stumegan^[6].
• 15462 Stumegan's follows is recorded as 15461 Johnbird^[7].
• 15462 Stumegan's followed by is recorded as (15463) 1999 AT2^[8].
• 15462 Stumegan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 15462 Stumegan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 15462 Stumegan's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 AV1^[11].
• 15462 Stumegan's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 HQ11^[12].
• 15462 Stumegan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-01-08T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 15462 Stumegan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/078lc_^[14].
• 15462 Stumegan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015462^[15].
• 15462 Stumegan's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 15462 Stumegan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[17].
• 15462 Stumegan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0399767'}^[18].
• 15462 Stumegan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03705513863071119'}^[19].
• 15462 Stumegan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[20].
• 15462 Stumegan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.95'}^[21].
• 15462 Stumegan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.09012'}^[22].
• 15462 Stumegan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.089098200472989'}^[23].
• 15462 Stumegan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.81'}^[24].
• 15462 Stumegan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1756.66870178756'}^[25].
• 15462 Stumegan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+324.11899'}^[26].
• 15462 Stumegan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+323.97586759474'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15462 Stumegan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Stu Megan is named after 15462 Stumegan^[6].

Why It Matters

15462 Stumegan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 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]