15553 Carachang

Summary

15553 Carachang is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15553 Carachang is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 15553 Carachang's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15553 Carachang's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 15553 Carachang's follows is recorded as 15552 Sandashounkan^[6].
• 15553 Carachang's followed by is recorded as 15554 Chenhuaipu^[7].
• 15553 Carachang's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 15553 Carachang's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 15553 Carachang's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VC15^[10].
• 15553 Carachang's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VP15^[11].
• 15553 Carachang's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PL2^[12].
• 15553 Carachang's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 XH85^[13].
• 15553 Carachang's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 FG45^[14].
• 15553 Carachang's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-03-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 15553 Carachang's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qkrzg^[16].
• 15553 Carachang's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015553^[17].
• 15553 Carachang's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 15553 Carachang's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[19].
• 15553 Carachang's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1473722'}^[20].
• 15553 Carachang's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1471585513601445'}^[21].
• 15553 Carachang's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[22].
• 15553 Carachang's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.96'}^[23].
• 15553 Carachang's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.85639'}^[24].
• 15553 Carachang's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.855494223362535'}^[25].
• 15553 Carachang's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.41'}^[26].
• 15553 Carachang's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1245.964197196439'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15553 Carachang's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

15553 Carachang ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]