17638 Sualan

Summary

17638 Sualan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17638 Sualan is credited with the discovery of George R. Viscome^[3].
• 17638 Sualan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17638 Sualan's follows is recorded as Q143387^[5].
• 17638 Sualan's followed by is recorded as (17639) 1996 PA4^[6].
• 17638 Sualan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[7].
• 17638 Sualan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 17638 Sualan's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 PB1^[9].
• 17638 Sualan's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 AM4^[10].
• 17638 Sualan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-08-11T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 17638 Sualan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygwvb^[12].
• 17638 Sualan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017638^[13].
• 17638 Sualan's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 17638 Sualan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22'}^[15].
• 17638 Sualan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2151240'}^[16].
• 17638 Sualan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2153950758061323'}^[17].
• 17638 Sualan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[18].
• 17638 Sualan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.35'}^[19].
• 17638 Sualan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.06928'}^[20].
• 17638 Sualan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.068031018743988'}^[21].
• 17638 Sualan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.67'}^[22].
• 17638 Sualan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1339.503129353939'}^[23].
• 17638 Sualan's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.494'}^[24].
• 17638 Sualan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+343.14710'}^[25].
• 17638 Sualan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+343.1025305980448'}^[26].
• 17638 Sualan's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3784424'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17638 Sualan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17638 Sualan 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 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]