185538 Fangcheng

Summary

185538 Fangcheng is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 185538 Fangcheng is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].
• 185538 Fangcheng's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 185538 Fangcheng's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xuyi County^[5].
• 185538 Fangcheng's follows is recorded as (185537) 2007 XK12^[6].
• 185538 Fangcheng's followed by is recorded as (185539) 2007 XS28^[7].
• 185538 Fangcheng's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 185538 Fangcheng's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 185538 Fangcheng's provisional designation is recorded as 2004 CT60^[10].
• 185538 Fangcheng's provisional designation is recorded as 2007 XD28^[11].
• 185538 Fangcheng's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2007-12-14T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 185538 Fangcheng's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20185538^[13].
• 185538 Fangcheng's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 185538 Fangcheng's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[15].
• 185538 Fangcheng's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1443177973846091'}^[16].
• 185538 Fangcheng's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.9'}^[17].
• 185538 Fangcheng's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.09'}^[18].
• 185538 Fangcheng's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.0'}^[19].
• 185538 Fangcheng's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.955267352739591'}^[20].
• 185538 Fangcheng's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1586.880578234263'}^[21].
• 185538 Fangcheng's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+61.7'}^[22].
• 185538 Fangcheng's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+61.58783035105515'}^[23].
• 185538 Fangcheng's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.66254656591454'}^[24].
• 185538 Fangcheng's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.046799421741281'}^[25].
• 185538 Fangcheng's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.278293710087798'}^[26].
• 185538 Fangcheng's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+321.8'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

185538 Fangcheng's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

185538 Fangcheng ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]