17857 Hsieh

Summary

17857 Hsieh is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17857 Hsieh is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 17857 Hsieh's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17857 Hsieh's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Henry H. Hsieh is named after 17857 Hsieh^[6].
• 17857 Hsieh's follows is recorded as 17856 Gomes^[7].
• 17857 Hsieh's followed by is recorded as 17858 Beaugé^[8].
• 17857 Hsieh's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 17857 Hsieh's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 17857 Hsieh's provisional designation is recorded as 1968 UW2^[11].
• 17857 Hsieh's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KR1^[12].
• 17857 Hsieh's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 SF4^[13].
• 17857 Hsieh's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-18T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 17857 Hsieh's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3ynw^[15].
• 17857 Hsieh's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017857^[16].
• 17857 Hsieh's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 17857 Hsieh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[18].
• 17857 Hsieh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2048825'}^[19].
• 17857 Hsieh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.203990200901599'}^[20].
• 17857 Hsieh's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[21].
• 17857 Hsieh's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.17'}^[22].
• 17857 Hsieh's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.22869'}^[23].
• 17857 Hsieh's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.22577169916583'}^[24].
• 17857 Hsieh's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.42'}^[25].
• 17857 Hsieh's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1615.904460518173'}^[26].
• 17857 Hsieh's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+50.94626'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17857 Hsieh's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Henry H. Hsieh is named after 17857 Hsieh^[6].

Why It Matters

17857 Hsieh ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 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]