17960 Liberatore

Summary

17960 Liberatore is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17960 Liberatore is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 17960 Liberatore's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17960 Liberatore's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 17960 Liberatore's follows is recorded as 17959 Camierickson^[6].
• 17960 Liberatore's followed by is recorded as 17961 Mariagorodnitsky^[7].
• 17960 Liberatore's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17960 Liberatore's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17960 Liberatore's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 BG36^[10].
• 17960 Liberatore's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JB36^[11].
• 17960 Liberatore's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-05-10T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 17960 Liberatore's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y74j1^[13].
• 17960 Liberatore's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017960^[14].
• 17960 Liberatore's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 17960 Liberatore's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[16].
• 17960 Liberatore's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1802806'}^[17].
• 17960 Liberatore's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1820638147565694'}^[18].
• 17960 Liberatore's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[19].
• 17960 Liberatore's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.34'}^[20].
• 17960 Liberatore's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.38180'}^[21].
• 17960 Liberatore's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.382739089868606'}^[22].
• 17960 Liberatore's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.78'}^[23].
• 17960 Liberatore's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1379.185982503044'}^[24].
• 17960 Liberatore's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+132.42986'}^[25].
• 17960 Liberatore's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+132.3493591'}^[26].
• 17960 Liberatore's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4255910'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17960 Liberatore's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17960 Liberatore ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]