17781 Kepping

Summary

17781 Kepping is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 17781 Kepping is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 17781 Kepping's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17781 Kepping's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 17781 Kepping's follows is recorded as (17780) 1998 FY13^[6].
• 17781 Kepping's followed by is recorded as 17782 Paulbailey^[7].
• 17781 Kepping's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17781 Kepping's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17781 Kepping's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VT38^[10].
• 17781 Kepping's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FH23^[11].
• 17781 Kepping's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 17781 Kepping's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5nzy^[13].
• 17781 Kepping's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017781^[14].
• 17781 Kepping's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 17781 Kepping's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[16].
• 17781 Kepping's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0609344'}^[17].
• 17781 Kepping's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06211475308137761'}^[18].
• 17781 Kepping's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[19].
• 17781 Kepping's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.27'}^[20].
• 17781 Kepping's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.08676'}^[21].
• 17781 Kepping's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.08695059015673'}^[22].
• 17781 Kepping's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.8'}^[23].
• 17781 Kepping's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1386.833879077925'}^[24].
• 17781 Kepping's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+113.97459'}^[25].
• 17781 Kepping's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+113.915290163368'}^[26].
• 17781 Kepping's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4336306'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17781 Kepping's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17781 Kepping has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]