17446 Mopaku

Summary

17446 Mopaku is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17446 Mopaku is credited with the discovery of Rajgopalan Rajamohan^[3].
• 17446 Mopaku's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17446 Mopaku's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vainu Bappu Observatory^[5].
• 17446 Mopaku's follows is recorded as 17445 Avatcha^[6].
• 17446 Mopaku's followed by is recorded as 17447 Heindl^[7].
• 17446 Mopaku's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17446 Mopaku's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17446 Mopaku's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 BC2^[10].
• 17446 Mopaku's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VC30^[11].
• 17446 Mopaku's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FP62^[12].
• 17446 Mopaku's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-01-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 17446 Mopaku's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cc6kp5^[14].
• 17446 Mopaku's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017446^[15].
• 17446 Mopaku's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 17446 Mopaku's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[17].
• 17446 Mopaku's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0669836'}^[18].
• 17446 Mopaku's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06564082098299241'}^[19].
• 17446 Mopaku's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[20].
• 17446 Mopaku's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[21].
• 17446 Mopaku's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.98108'}^[22].
• 17446 Mopaku's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.987198297832277'}^[23].
• 17446 Mopaku's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.79'}^[24].
• 17446 Mopaku's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1383.335480050625'}^[25].
• 17446 Mopaku's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+203.67911'}^[26].
• 17446 Mopaku's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+203.6074461406271'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17446 Mopaku's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17446 Mopaku ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]