17746 Haigha

Summary

17746 Haigha is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17746 Haigha is credited with the discovery of Tetsuo Kagawa^[3].
• 17746 Haigha is credited with the discovery of Takeshi Urata^[4].
• 17746 Haigha's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 17746 Haigha's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Gekko Observatory^[6].
• March Hare is named after 17746 Haigha^[7].
• 17746 Haigha's follows is recorded as (17745) 1998 BG34^[8].
• 17746 Haigha's followed by is recorded as (17747) 1998 BJ42^[9].
• 17746 Haigha's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 17746 Haigha's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 17746 Haigha's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 VD1^[12].
• 17746 Haigha's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 DV5^[13].
• 17746 Haigha's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 BU41^[14].
• 17746 Haigha's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-01-30T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 17746 Haigha's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y35xt^[16].
• 17746 Haigha's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017746^[17].
• 17746 Haigha's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 17746 Haigha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[19].
• 17746 Haigha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1598365'}^[20].
• 17746 Haigha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1580971867164594'}^[21].
• 17746 Haigha's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[22].
• 17746 Haigha's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[23].
• 17746 Haigha's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.15'}^[24].
• 17746 Haigha's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.85984'}^[25].
• 17746 Haigha's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.850563359297747'}^[26].
• 17746 Haigha's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.65'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17746 Haigha's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

March Hare is named after 17746 Haigha^[7].

Why It Matters

17746 Haigha ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 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]