15673 Chetaev

Summary

15673 Chetaev is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15673 Chetaev is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 15673 Chetaev's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15673 Chetaev's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Nikolay Chetaev is named after 15673 Chetaev^[6].
• 15673 Chetaev's follows is recorded as 15672 Sato-Norio^[7].
• 15673 Chetaev's followed by is recorded as 15674 Elfving^[8].
• 15673 Chetaev's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 15673 Chetaev's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 15673 Chetaev's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 PV2^[11].
• 15673 Chetaev's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 RY2^[12].
• 15673 Chetaev's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 SE2^[13].
• 15673 Chetaev's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 XC64^[14].
• 15673 Chetaev's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-08-08T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 15673 Chetaev's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y16t0^[16].
• 15673 Chetaev's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015673^[17].
• 15673 Chetaev's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 15673 Chetaev's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.27'}^[19].
• 15673 Chetaev's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2680978'}^[20].
• 15673 Chetaev's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2684874076864331'}^[21].
• 15673 Chetaev's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[22].
• 15673 Chetaev's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.47'}^[23].
• 15673 Chetaev's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.36638'}^[24].
• 15673 Chetaev's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.369886580835501'}^[25].
• 15673 Chetaev's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.28'}^[26].
• 15673 Chetaev's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1198.042846843171'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15673 Chetaev's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Nikolay Chetaev is named after 15673 Chetaev^[6].

Why It Matters

15673 Chetaev ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]