15497 Lucca

Summary

15497 Lucca is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15497 Lucca is credited with the discovery of Sauro Donati^[3].
• 15497 Lucca's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15497 Lucca's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Monte Agliale observatory^[5].
• Lucca is named after 15497 Lucca^[6].
• 15497 Lucca's follows is recorded as (15496) 1999 DQ3^[7].
• 15497 Lucca's followed by is recorded as (15498) 1999 EQ4^[8].
• 15497 Lucca's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 15497 Lucca's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 15497 Lucca's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 TY41^[11].
• 15497 Lucca's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 DE7^[12].
• 15497 Lucca's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-02-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 15497 Lucca's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y76_x^[14].
• 15497 Lucca's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015497^[15].
• 15497 Lucca's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 15497 Lucca's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[17].
• 15497 Lucca's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1101275'}^[18].
• 15497 Lucca's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1071598506970175'}^[19].
• 15497 Lucca's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[20].
• 15497 Lucca's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.57'}^[21].
• 15497 Lucca's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.68992'}^[22].
• 15497 Lucca's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.688868651448866'}^[23].
• 15497 Lucca's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.56'}^[24].
• 15497 Lucca's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2034.308786856666'}^[25].
• 15497 Lucca's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+80.35388'}^[26].
• 15497 Lucca's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+80.34732839947961'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15497 Lucca's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Lucca is named after 15497 Lucca^[6].

Why It Matters

15497 Lucca 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 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]