17971 Samuelhowell

Summary

17971 Samuelhowell is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17971 Samuelhowell is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's follows is recorded as 17970 Palepu^[6].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's followed by is recorded as 17972 Ascione^[7].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 HU^[10].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 YX20^[11].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JZ50^[12].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-05-10T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg3gg^[14].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017971^[15].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[17].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1684531'}^[18].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1688687669811897'}^[19].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[20].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.58'}^[21].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.93805'}^[22].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.941351589553828'}^[23].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.42'}^[24].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1247.865314398683'}^[25].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+128.42504'}^[26].
• 17971 Samuelhowell's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+128.3516794816355'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17971 Samuelhowell's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17971 Samuelhowell 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 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]