17832 Pitman

Summary

17832 Pitman is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17832 Pitman is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 17832 Pitman's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17832 Pitman's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 17832 Pitman's follows is recorded as 17831 Ussery^[6].
• 17832 Pitman's followed by is recorded as (17833) 1998 HO42^[7].
• 17832 Pitman's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17832 Pitman's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17832 Pitman's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 UG27^[10].
• 17832 Pitman's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HV39^[11].
• 17832 Pitman's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 17832 Pitman's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7__h^[13].
• 17832 Pitman's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017832^[14].
• 17832 Pitman's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 17832 Pitman's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}^[16].
• 17832 Pitman's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0307523'}^[17].
• 17832 Pitman's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03449522459678305'}^[18].
• 17832 Pitman's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[19].
• 17832 Pitman's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.02'}^[20].
• 17832 Pitman's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.00995'}^[21].
• 17832 Pitman's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.005785834763171'}^[22].
• 17832 Pitman's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.96'}^[23].
• 17832 Pitman's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1809.312933226443'}^[24].
• 17832 Pitman's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+50.24648'}^[25].
• 17832 Pitman's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+50.18083373886083'}^[26].
• 17832 Pitman's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.9096379'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17832 Pitman's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17832 Pitman ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]