15674 Elfving

Summary

15674 Elfving is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15674 Elfving is credited with the discovery of Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist^[3].
• 15674 Elfving's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15674 Elfving's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Ulf Elfving is named after 15674 Elfving^[6].
• 15674 Elfving's follows is recorded as 15673 Chetaev^[7].
• 15674 Elfving's followed by is recorded as 15675 Goloseevo^[8].
• 15674 Elfving's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 15674 Elfving's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 15674 Elfving's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 LZ13^[11].
• 15674 Elfving's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 CS5^[12].
• 15674 Elfving's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 RP11^[13].
• 15674 Elfving's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 RR7^[14].
• 15674 Elfving's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-09-02T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 15674 Elfving's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015674^[16].
• 15674 Elfving's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 15674 Elfving's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[18].
• 15674 Elfving's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0480580'}^[19].
• 15674 Elfving's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04828085939265852'}^[20].
• 15674 Elfving's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[21].
• 15674 Elfving's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[22].
• 15674 Elfving's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.15944'}^[23].
• 15674 Elfving's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.166223614504081'}^[24].
• 15674 Elfving's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.59'}^[25].
• 15674 Elfving's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1311.677797554472'}^[26].
• 15674 Elfving's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+171.67693'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15674 Elfving's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Ulf Elfving is named after 15674 Elfving^[6].

Why It Matters

15674 Elfving ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]