1602 Indiana

Summary

1602 Indiana is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1602 Indiana is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 1602 Indiana's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1602 Indiana's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[5].
• Indiana is named after 1602 Indiana^[6].
• 1602 Indiana's follows is recorded as Q141292^[7].
• 1602 Indiana's followed by is recorded as Q141308^[8].
• 1602 Indiana's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 1602 Indiana's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 1602 Indiana's provisional designation is recorded as 1943 DJ^[11].
• 1602 Indiana's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 GF^[12].
• 1602 Indiana's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 XR^[13].
• 1602 Indiana's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1950-03-14T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 1602 Indiana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f5d4l^[15].
• 1602 Indiana's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001602^[16].
• 1602 Indiana's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 1602 Indiana's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 1602 Indiana's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[19].
• 1602 Indiana's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1045959'}^[20].
• 1602 Indiana's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1039725121144968'}^[21].
• 1602 Indiana's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.49'}^[22].
• 1602 Indiana's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.27'}^[23].
• 1602 Indiana's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.16227'}^[24].
• 1602 Indiana's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.162080776505699'}^[25].
• 1602 Indiana's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.36'}^[26].
• 1602 Indiana's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1228.169029971754'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1602 Indiana's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Indiana is named after 1602 Indiana^[6].

Why It Matters

1602 Indiana ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]