17078 Sellers

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17078 Sellers

Summary

17078 Sellers is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 17078 Sellers is credited with the discovery of John Broughton[3].
  • 17078 Sellers's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 17078 Sellers's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Reedy Creek Observatory[5].
  • Peter Sellers is named after 17078 Sellers[6].
  • 17078 Sellers followed 17077 Pampaloni[7].
  • 17078 Sellers was followed by 17079 Lavrovsky[8].
  • 17078 Sellers's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 17078 Sellers's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 17078 Sellers's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FG2[11].
  • 17078 Sellers's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FB92[12].
  • 17078 Sellers's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 HD3[13].
  • 17078 Sellers's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-04-24T00:00:00Z[14].
  • 17078 Sellers's significant event is recorded as naming[15].
  • 17078 Sellers's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}[16].
  • 17078 Sellers's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1202858'}[17].
  • 17078 Sellers's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1173236694042088'}[18].
  • 17078 Sellers's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.4'}[19].
  • 17078 Sellers's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.54'}[20].
  • 17078 Sellers's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.63193'}[21].
  • 17078 Sellers's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.61764196252355'}[22].
  • 17078 Sellers's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.18'}[23].
  • 17078 Sellers's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1893.739859201822'}[24].
  • 17078 Sellers's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+45.52264'}[25].
  • 17078 Sellers's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+45.370380371752'}[26].
  • 17078 Sellers's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.9920517'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

17078 Sellers's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Origins

Peter Sellers is named after 17078 Sellers[6].

Why It Matters

17078 Sellers has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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