17683 Kanagawa

Summary

17683 Kanagawa is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17683 Kanagawa is credited with the discovery of Atsuo Asami^[3].
• 17683 Kanagawa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17683 Kanagawa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Hadano^[5].
• Kanagawa Prefecture is named after 17683 Kanagawa^[6].
• 17683 Kanagawa's follows is recorded as (17682) 1997 AR12^[7].
• 17683 Kanagawa's followed by is recorded as (17684) 1997 AS16^[8].
• 17683 Kanagawa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 17683 Kanagawa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 17683 Kanagawa's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 AR16^[11].
• 17683 Kanagawa's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RE21^[12].
• 17683 Kanagawa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-10T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 17683 Kanagawa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5crr^[14].
• 17683 Kanagawa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017683^[15].
• 17683 Kanagawa's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 17683 Kanagawa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[17].
• 17683 Kanagawa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1589114'}^[18].
• 17683 Kanagawa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1593203881010451'}^[19].
• 17683 Kanagawa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[20].
• 17683 Kanagawa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[21].
• 17683 Kanagawa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.75'}^[22].
• 17683 Kanagawa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.29364'}^[23].
• 17683 Kanagawa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.29383893316829'}^[24].
• 17683 Kanagawa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.16'}^[25].
• 17683 Kanagawa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1881.595123687865'}^[26].
• 17683 Kanagawa's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.895'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17683 Kanagawa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Kanagawa Prefecture is named after 17683 Kanagawa^[6].

Why It Matters

17683 Kanagawa ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]