(16960) 1998 QS52

Summary

(16960) 1998 QS52 is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. (16960) 1998 QS52 draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #31 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• (16960) 1998 QS52 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[4].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[7].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's follows is recorded as (16959) 1998 QE17^[8].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's followed by is recorded as 16961 Mullahy^[9].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[10].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QS52^[12].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-25T00:00:00Z^[13].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016960^[14].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[15].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8580'}^[16].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8577392'}^[17].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8590716200141241'}^[18].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[19].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.32'}^[20].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.54553'}^[21].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.51813476737665'}^[22].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.27'}^[23].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1192.235773133378'}^[24].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.8985'}^[25].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+260.46568'}^[26].
• (16960) 1998 QS52's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+260.1485601337176'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

(16960) 1998 QS52 draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #31 of 147).^[2] (16960) 1998 QS52 has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]