17031 Piethut

Summary

17031 Piethut is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17031 Piethut is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 17031 Piethut's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17031 Piethut's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Piet Hut is named after 17031 Piethut^[6].
• 17031 Piethut's follows is recorded as 17030 Sierks^[7].
• 17031 Piethut's followed by is recorded as 17032 Edlu^[8].
• 17031 Piethut's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 17031 Piethut's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 17031 Piethut's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 DA12^[11].
• 17031 Piethut's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FL9^[12].
• 17031 Piethut's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-03-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 17031 Piethut's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7_hp^[14].
• 17031 Piethut's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017031^[15].
• 17031 Piethut's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 17031 Piethut's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[17].
• 17031 Piethut's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1169953'}^[18].
• 17031 Piethut's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1176553168477831'}^[19].
• 17031 Piethut's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[20].
• 17031 Piethut's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.04'}^[21].
• 17031 Piethut's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.89905'}^[22].
• 17031 Piethut's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.897799681986905'}^[23].
• 17031 Piethut's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.71'}^[24].
• 17031 Piethut's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1352.431987100498'}^[25].
• 17031 Piethut's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+156.79035'}^[26].
• 17031 Piethut's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+156.6810623804941'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17031 Piethut's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Piet Hut is named after 17031 Piethut^[6].

Why It Matters

17031 Piethut ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]