17768 Tigerlily

Summary

17768 Tigerlily is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17768 Tigerlily is credited with the discovery of Takeshi Urata^[3].
• 17768 Tigerlily's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17768 Tigerlily's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nihondaira Observatory^[5].
• Tiger-lily is named after 17768 Tigerlily^[6].
• 17768 Tigerlily's follows is recorded as (17767) 1998 EJ6^[7].
• 17768 Tigerlily's followed by is recorded as (17769) 1998 EM9^[8].
• 17768 Tigerlily's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 17768 Tigerlily's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 17768 Tigerlily's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VG31^[11].
• 17768 Tigerlily's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 EO8^[12].
• 17768 Tigerlily's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 17768 Tigerlily's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03w9_hx^[14].
• 17768 Tigerlily's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017768^[15].
• 17768 Tigerlily's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 17768 Tigerlily's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[17].
• 17768 Tigerlily's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0844652'}^[18].
• 17768 Tigerlily's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07882214863949477'}^[19].
• 17768 Tigerlily's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[20].
• 17768 Tigerlily's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[21].
• 17768 Tigerlily's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.58'}^[22].
• 17768 Tigerlily's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.85561'}^[23].
• 17768 Tigerlily's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.87546007051589'}^[24].
• 17768 Tigerlily's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.18'}^[25].
• 17768 Tigerlily's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1895.854609360324'}^[26].
• 17768 Tigerlily's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+179.33491'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17768 Tigerlily's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Tiger-lily is named after 17768 Tigerlily^[6].

Why It Matters

17768 Tigerlily ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 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]