16068 Citron

Summary

16068 Citron is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 16068 Citron is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 16068 Citron's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16068 Citron's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 16068 Citron's follows is recorded as 16067 Brandonfan^[6].
• 16068 Citron's followed by is recorded as 16069 Marshafolger^[7].
• 16068 Citron's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 16068 Citron's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 16068 Citron's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 DD37^[10].
• 16068 Citron's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RN86^[11].
• 16068 Citron's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-07T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 16068 Citron's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y181l^[13].
• 16068 Citron's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016068^[14].
• 16068 Citron's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 16068 Citron's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[16].
• 16068 Citron's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1678585'}^[17].
• 16068 Citron's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1691234326421438'}^[18].
• 16068 Citron's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[19].
• 16068 Citron's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.83'}^[20].
• 16068 Citron's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.77113'}^[21].
• 16068 Citron's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.773273756515832'}^[22].
• 16068 Citron's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.64'}^[23].
• 16068 Citron's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1328.664246191088'}^[24].
• 16068 Citron's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+137.95203'}^[25].
• 16068 Citron's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+137.9361028382063'}^[26].
• 16068 Citron's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3664522'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

16068 Citron's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

16068 Citron ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]