18376 Quirk

Summary

18376 Quirk is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18376 Quirk is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].
• 18376 Quirk's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18376 Quirk's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• 18376 Quirk's follows is recorded as (18375) 1991 RC27^[6].
• 18376 Quirk's followed by is recorded as 18377 Vetter^[7].
• 18376 Quirk's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18376 Quirk's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18376 Quirk's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 AK2^[10].
• 18376 Quirk's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 SQ^[11].
• 18376 Quirk's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-09-30T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 18376 Quirk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y82j8^[13].
• 18376 Quirk's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018376^[14].
• 18376 Quirk's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 18376 Quirk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[16].
• 18376 Quirk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2331444'}^[17].
• 18376 Quirk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2342410972697734'}^[18].
• 18376 Quirk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[19].
• 18376 Quirk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[20].
• 18376 Quirk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.82'}^[21].
• 18376 Quirk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.50144'}^[22].
• 18376 Quirk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.50409343253919'}^[23].
• 18376 Quirk's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.5'}^[24].
• 18376 Quirk's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1641.554692682298'}^[25].
• 18376 Quirk's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.66683'}^[26].
• 18376 Quirk's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+38.64463'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18376 Quirk's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18376 Quirk ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]