17280 Shelly

Summary

17280 Shelly is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17280 Shelly is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 17280 Shelly's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17280 Shelly's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 17280 Shelly's follows is recorded as 17279 Jeniferevans^[6].
• 17280 Shelly's followed by is recorded as 17281 Mattblythe^[7].
• 17280 Shelly's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17280 Shelly's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17280 Shelly's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WG13^[10].
• 17280 Shelly's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 UR17^[11].
• 17280 Shelly's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 CK50^[12].
• 17280 Shelly's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 LK28^[13].
• 17280 Shelly's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-06-06T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 17280 Shelly's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygg2k^[15].
• 17280 Shelly's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017280^[16].
• 17280 Shelly's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 17280 Shelly's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[18].
• 17280 Shelly's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2004427'}^[19].
• 17280 Shelly's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2006593529223278'}^[20].
• 17280 Shelly's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[21].
• 17280 Shelly's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.15'}^[22].
• 17280 Shelly's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.56274'}^[23].
• 17280 Shelly's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.563375222332062'}^[24].
• 17280 Shelly's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.2'}^[25].
• 17280 Shelly's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1169.937979376288'}^[26].
• 17280 Shelly's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+114.05639'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17280 Shelly's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17280 Shelly 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 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]