(16940) 1998 GC3

Summary

(16940) 1998 GC3 is an asteroid^[1]. (16940) 1998 GC3 is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]

Key Facts

• (16940) 1998 GC3 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's follows is recorded as 16939 Rishabhmisra^[6].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's followed by is recorded as (16941) 1998 GR7^[7].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 NL5^[10].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 YA6^[11].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 WZ8^[12].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 GC3^[13].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 LS12^[14].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-02T00:00:00Z^[15].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016940^[16].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[17].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1454109'}^[18].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1431047563123097'}^[19].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[20].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.14'}^[21].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.84418'}^[22].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.82981244492019'}^[23].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.31'}^[24].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1575.622350593886'}^[25].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+104.96060'}^[26].
• (16940) 1998 GC3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+104.8788050794669'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(16940) 1998 GC3's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

(16940) 1998 GC3 is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]