15760 Albion

Summary

15760 Albion is a cubewano^[1]. It draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (cubewano category, ranking #5 of 24).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15760 Albion is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt^[3].
• 15760 Albion is credited with the discovery of Jane Luu^[4].
• 15760 Albion's image is recorded as 1992 QB1.jpg^[5].
• 15760 Albion's instance of is recorded as cubewano^[6].
• 15760 Albion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 15760 Albion's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[8].
• 15760 Albion's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea Observatories^[9].
• Cordella is named after 15760 Albion^[10].
• Albion is named after 15760 Albion^[11].
• 15760 Albion's follows is recorded as (15759) 1992 GM4^[12].
• 15760 Albion's followed by is recorded as Q140983^[13].
• 15760 Albion's minor planet group is recorded as cubewano^[14].
• 15760 Albion's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[15].
• 15760 Albion's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Albion symbol (fixed width).svg^[16].
• 15760 Albion's Commons category is recorded as 15760 Albion^[17].
• 15760 Albion's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[18].
• 15760 Albion's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 QB1^[19].
• 15760 Albion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-08-30T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 15760 Albion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02m4hc^[21].
• 15760 Albion's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015760^[22].
• 15760 Albion's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 15760 Albion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0679350'}^[24].
• 15760 Albion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07372698414386536'}^[25].
• 15760 Albion's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+23.4'}^[26].
• 15760 Albion's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/1992-QB1^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cubewano^[6], asteroid^[7], and trans-Neptunian object^[8].

History and Context

Things named after include Cordella^[10], a taxon^[28] and Albion^[11], a mythical character^[29].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 15760 Albion include cubewano^[30], an astronomical object type^[31].

Why It Matters

15760 Albion draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (cubewano category, ranking #5 of 24).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include cubewano^[30], an astronomical object type^[31].