15739 Matsukuma

Summary

15739 Matsukuma is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15739 Matsukuma is credited with the discovery of Tsutomu Seki^[3].
• 15739 Matsukuma's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15739 Matsukuma's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Geisei observatory^[5].
• 15739 Matsukuma's follows is recorded as (15738) 1991 DP^[6].
• 15739 Matsukuma's followed by is recorded as 15740 Hyakumangoku^[7].
• 15739 Matsukuma's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 15739 Matsukuma's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 15739 Matsukuma's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 ER^[10].
• 15739 Matsukuma's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FU9^[11].
• 15739 Matsukuma's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-03-09T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 15739 Matsukuma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k3k588^[13].
• 15739 Matsukuma's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015739^[14].
• 15739 Matsukuma's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 15739 Matsukuma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[16].
• 15739 Matsukuma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0807817'}^[17].
• 15739 Matsukuma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08305477422371517'}^[18].
• 15739 Matsukuma's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[19].
• 15739 Matsukuma's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.39'}^[20].
• 15739 Matsukuma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.04199'}^[21].
• 15739 Matsukuma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.053480833916247'}^[22].
• 15739 Matsukuma's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.99'}^[23].
• 15739 Matsukuma's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1455.29567793267'}^[24].
• 15739 Matsukuma's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+165.17782'}^[25].
• 15739 Matsukuma's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+165.0538588899705'}^[26].
• 15739 Matsukuma's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5139681'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15739 Matsukuma's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

15739 Matsukuma ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]