17970 Palepu

Summary

17970 Palepu is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 17970 Palepu is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 17970 Palepu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17970 Palepu's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 17970 Palepu's follows is recorded as 17969 Truong^[6].
• 17970 Palepu's followed by is recorded as 17971 Samuelhowell^[7].
• 17970 Palepu's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17970 Palepu's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17970 Palepu's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 BO16^[10].
• 17970 Palepu's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JA48^[11].
• 17970 Palepu's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-05-10T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 17970 Palepu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7x4f^[13].
• 17970 Palepu's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017970^[14].
• 17970 Palepu's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 17970 Palepu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[16].
• 17970 Palepu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1511584'}^[17].
• 17970 Palepu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1502152838255782'}^[18].
• 17970 Palepu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[19].
• 17970 Palepu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.55'}^[20].
• 17970 Palepu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.11573'}^[21].
• 17970 Palepu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.10922632548053'}^[22].
• 17970 Palepu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.42'}^[23].
• 17970 Palepu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1251.070858419166'}^[24].
• 17970 Palepu's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.23302'}^[25].
• 17970 Palepu's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.06924222078722'}^[26].
• 17970 Palepu's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2716549'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17970 Palepu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17970 Palepu has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]