17215 Slivan

Summary

17215 Slivan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17215 Slivan is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 17215 Slivan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17215 Slivan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 17215 Slivan's follows is recorded as 17214 Neervannan^[6].
• 17215 Slivan's followed by is recorded as 17216 Scottstuart^[7].
• 17215 Slivan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17215 Slivan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17215 Slivan's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AG238^[10].
• 17215 Slivan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-01-06T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 17215 Slivan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygnfx^[12].
• 17215 Slivan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017215^[13].
• 17215 Slivan's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 17215 Slivan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[15].
• 17215 Slivan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1171783'}^[16].
• 17215 Slivan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1170648824971337'}^[17].
• 17215 Slivan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.1'}^[18].
• 17215 Slivan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.19'}^[19].
• 17215 Slivan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.45045'}^[20].
• 17215 Slivan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.447435373189792'}^[21].
• 17215 Slivan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.49'}^[22].
• 17215 Slivan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1275.706746622702'}^[23].
• 17215 Slivan's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.534'}^[24].
• 17215 Slivan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+171.99591'}^[25].
• 17215 Slivan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+171.876444479411'}^[26].
• 17215 Slivan's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3016257'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17215 Slivan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17215 Slivan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]