16912 Rhiannon

Summary

16912 Rhiannon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 16912 Rhiannon is credited with the discovery of OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey^[3].
• 16912 Rhiannon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16912 Rhiannon's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 16912 Rhiannon's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 16912 Rhiannon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Côte d'Azur Observatory^[7].
• Rhiannon is named after 16912 Rhiannon^[8].
• 16912 Rhiannon's follows is recorded as (16911) 1998 EL6^[9].
• 16912 Rhiannon's followed by is recorded as (16913) 1998 EK9^[10].
• 16912 Rhiannon's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[11].
• 16912 Rhiannon's Commons category is recorded as 16912 Rhiannon^[12].
• 16912 Rhiannon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 16912 Rhiannon's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 EP8^[14].
• 16912 Rhiannon's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RN45^[15].
• 16912 Rhiannon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-02T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 16912 Rhiannon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y84m_^[17].
• 16912 Rhiannon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016912^[18].
• 16912 Rhiannon's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 16912 Rhiannon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2726'}^[20].
• 16912 Rhiannon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2727459'}^[21].
• 16912 Rhiannon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2726845884250724'}^[22].
• 16912 Rhiannon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.0'}^[23].
• 16912 Rhiannon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.8'}^[24].
• 16912 Rhiannon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.91'}^[25].
• 16912 Rhiannon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.52088'}^[26].
• 16912 Rhiannon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.52114774344463'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Rhiannon is named after 16912 Rhiannon^[8].

Why It Matters

16912 Rhiannon ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]