17860 Roig

Summary

17860 Roig is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17860 Roig is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 17860 Roig's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17860 Roig's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 17860 Roig's follows is recorded as 17859 Galinaryabova^[6].
• 17860 Roig's followed by is recorded as (17861) 1998 KN24^[7].
• 17860 Roig's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17860 Roig's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17860 Roig's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 SO55^[10].
• 17860 Roig's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KQ4^[11].
• 17860 Roig's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VF81^[12].
• 17860 Roig's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 17860 Roig's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y867k^[14].
• 17860 Roig's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017860^[15].
• 17860 Roig's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 17860 Roig's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[17].
• 17860 Roig's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1693975'}^[18].
• 17860 Roig's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1701352853054693'}^[19].
• 17860 Roig's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[20].
• 17860 Roig's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.42'}^[21].
• 17860 Roig's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.16988'}^[22].
• 17860 Roig's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.169339538336579'}^[23].
• 17860 Roig's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.39'}^[24].
• 17860 Roig's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1237.444098118298'}^[25].
• 17860 Roig's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.964'}^[26].
• 17860 Roig's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+165.97270'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17860 Roig's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17860 Roig 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 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]