17472 Dinah

Summary

17472 Dinah is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17472 Dinah is credited with the discovery of Tsuneo Niijima^[3].
• 17472 Dinah is credited with the discovery of Takeshi Urata^[4].
• 17472 Dinah's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 17472 Dinah's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ojima^[6].
• Dinah is named after 17472 Dinah^[7].
• 17472 Dinah's follows is recorded as (17471) 1991 EO2^[8].
• 17472 Dinah's followed by is recorded as Q4541891^[9].
• 17472 Dinah's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 17472 Dinah's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 17472 Dinah's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 BB3^[12].
• 17472 Dinah's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 FY^[13].
• 17472 Dinah's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 DR20^[14].
• 17472 Dinah's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-03-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 17472 Dinah's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1fsx^[16].
• 17472 Dinah's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017472^[17].
• 17472 Dinah's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 17472 Dinah's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[19].
• 17472 Dinah's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0559250'}^[20].
• 17472 Dinah's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05622608024261982'}^[21].
• 17472 Dinah's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[22].
• 17472 Dinah's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.14'}^[23].
• 17472 Dinah's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.35886'}^[24].
• 17472 Dinah's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.361987401380402'}^[25].
• 17472 Dinah's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.57'}^[26].
• 17472 Dinah's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1303.899422148814'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17472 Dinah's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Dinah is named after 17472 Dinah^[7].

Why It Matters

17472 Dinah ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]