15614 Pillinger

Summary

15614 Pillinger is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15614 Pillinger is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 15614 Pillinger's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15614 Pillinger's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Colin Pillinger is named after 15614 Pillinger^[6].
• 15614 Pillinger's follows is recorded as 15613 Rajihyun^[7].
• 15614 Pillinger's followed by is recorded as (15615) 2000 HU1^[8].
• 15614 Pillinger's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 15614 Pillinger's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 15614 Pillinger's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 EX9^[11].
• 15614 Pillinger's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 PG4^[12].
• 15614 Pillinger's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 GA143^[13].
• 15614 Pillinger's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-04-07T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 15614 Pillinger's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7_nh^[15].
• 15614 Pillinger's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015614^[16].
• 15614 Pillinger's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 15614 Pillinger's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[18].
• 15614 Pillinger's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0511581'}^[19].
• 15614 Pillinger's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05644678986969602'}^[20].
• 15614 Pillinger's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[21].
• 15614 Pillinger's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.64'}^[22].
• 15614 Pillinger's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.27131'}^[23].
• 15614 Pillinger's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.26005397792702'}^[24].
• 15614 Pillinger's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.17'}^[25].
• 15614 Pillinger's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1886.590114927686'}^[26].
• 15614 Pillinger's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+39.561'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15614 Pillinger's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Colin Pillinger is named after 15614 Pillinger^[6].

Why It Matters

15614 Pillinger 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 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]