17898 Scottsheppard

Summary

17898 Scottsheppard is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17898 Scottsheppard is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Scott S. Sheppard is named after 17898 Scottsheppard^[6].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's follows is recorded as 17897 Gallardo^[7].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's followed by is recorded as 17899 Mariacristina^[8].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 QR4^[11].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FB19^[12].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-03-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg9x5^[14].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017898^[15].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[17].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0542780'}^[18].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05433678012796681'}^[19].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[20].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.79'}^[21].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.84616'}^[22].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.848115868040519'}^[23].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.13'}^[24].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1144.198613211439'}^[25].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+256.70907'}^[26].
• 17898 Scottsheppard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+256.6074713340645'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17898 Scottsheppard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Scott S. Sheppard is named after 17898 Scottsheppard^[6].

Why It Matters

17898 Scottsheppard 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 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]