18548 Christoffel

Summary

18548 Christoffel is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18548 Christoffel is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 18548 Christoffel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18548 Christoffel's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• Elwin Bruno Christoffel is named after 18548 Christoffel^[6].
• 18548 Christoffel's follows is recorded as (18547) 1997 AU5^[7].
• 18548 Christoffel's followed by is recorded as (18549) 1997 AD13^[8].
• 18548 Christoffel's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 18548 Christoffel's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 18548 Christoffel's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 AN12^[11].
• 18548 Christoffel's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FQ57^[12].
• 18548 Christoffel's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-10T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 18548 Christoffel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y17hq^[14].
• 18548 Christoffel's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018548^[15].
• 18548 Christoffel's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 18548 Christoffel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[17].
• 18548 Christoffel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0388120'}^[18].
• 18548 Christoffel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04090322804418171'}^[19].
• 18548 Christoffel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[20].
• 18548 Christoffel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.24'}^[21].
• 18548 Christoffel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.37351'}^[22].
• 18548 Christoffel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.371126646336525'}^[23].
• 18548 Christoffel's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.14'}^[24].
• 18548 Christoffel's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1510.619813207193'}^[25].
• 18548 Christoffel's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+205.52567'}^[26].
• 18548 Christoffel's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+205.397918269784'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18548 Christoffel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Elwin Bruno Christoffel is named after 18548 Christoffel^[6].

Why It Matters

18548 Christoffel ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]