15526 Kokura

Summary

15526 Kokura is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15526 Kokura is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 15526 Kokura's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15526 Kokura's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 15526 Kokura's follows is recorded as (15525) 1999 XH176^[6].
• 15526 Kokura's followed by is recorded as (15527) 1999 YY2^[7].
• 15526 Kokura's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 15526 Kokura's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 15526 Kokura's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 RX16^[10].
• 15526 Kokura's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QH48^[11].
• 15526 Kokura's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XH229^[12].
• 15526 Kokura's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-12-08T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 15526 Kokura's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015526^[14].
• 15526 Kokura's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 15526 Kokura's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[16].
• 15526 Kokura's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1654383'}^[17].
• 15526 Kokura's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1660312717180078'}^[18].
• 15526 Kokura's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[19].
• 15526 Kokura's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.78'}^[20].
• 15526 Kokura's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.18787'}^[21].
• 15526 Kokura's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.18282219792056'}^[22].
• 15526 Kokura's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.14'}^[23].
• 15526 Kokura's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1878.848243221822'}^[24].
• 15526 Kokura's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+179.98325'}^[25].
• 15526 Kokura's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+179.9239708603103'}^[26].
• 15526 Kokura's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.9780072'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15526 Kokura's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

15526 Kokura ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]