17980 Vanschaik

Summary

17980 Vanschaik is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17980 Vanschaik is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 17980 Vanschaik's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17980 Vanschaik's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 17980 Vanschaik's follows is recorded as (17979) 1999 JS55^[6].
• 17980 Vanschaik's followed by is recorded as (17981) 1999 JZ56^[7].
• 17980 Vanschaik's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17980 Vanschaik's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17980 Vanschaik's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 XN^[10].
• 17980 Vanschaik's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 DJ6^[11].
• 17980 Vanschaik's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 EB22^[12].
• 17980 Vanschaik's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JN56^[13].
• 17980 Vanschaik's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 QA186^[14].
• 17980 Vanschaik's provisional designation is recorded as 2017 DH120^[15].
• 17980 Vanschaik's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-05-10T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 17980 Vanschaik's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhp4c^[17].
• 17980 Vanschaik's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017980^[18].
• 17980 Vanschaik's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 17980 Vanschaik's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[20].
• 17980 Vanschaik's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0809424'}^[21].
• 17980 Vanschaik's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08192082763224019'}^[22].
• 17980 Vanschaik's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[23].
• 17980 Vanschaik's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.17'}^[24].
• 17980 Vanschaik's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.22590'}^[25].
• 17980 Vanschaik's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.225843636308535'}^[26].
• 17980 Vanschaik's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.78'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17980 Vanschaik's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17980 Vanschaik 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]