17851 Kaler

Summary

17851 Kaler is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 17851 Kaler is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[3].
• 17851 Kaler's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17851 Kaler's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory^[5].
• James B. Kaler is named after 17851 Kaler^[6].
• 17851 Kaler's follows is recorded as (17850) 1998 HR150^[7].
• 17851 Kaler's followed by is recorded as (17852) 1998 JN1^[8].
• 17851 Kaler's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 17851 Kaler's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 17851 Kaler's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 KZ1^[11].
• 17851 Kaler's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 BE1^[12].
• 17851 Kaler's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 JK^[13].
• 17851 Kaler's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 17851 Kaler's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5b74^[15].
• 17851 Kaler's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017851^[16].
• 17851 Kaler's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 17851 Kaler's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[18].
• 17851 Kaler's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1436023'}^[19].
• 17851 Kaler's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1458134442271045'}^[20].
• 17851 Kaler's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[21].
• 17851 Kaler's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.86'}^[22].
• 17851 Kaler's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.23287'}^[23].
• 17851 Kaler's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.233394090012477'}^[24].
• 17851 Kaler's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.72'}^[25].
• 17851 Kaler's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1356.074003639223'}^[26].
• 17851 Kaler's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+68.25114'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17851 Kaler's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

James B. Kaler is named after 17851 Kaler^[6].

Why It Matters

17851 Kaler has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]