18601 Zafar

Summary

18601 Zafar is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18601 Zafar is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 18601 Zafar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18601 Zafar's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 18601 Zafar's follows is recorded as (18600) 1998 BK10^[6].
• 18601 Zafar's followed by is recorded as 18602 Lagillespie^[7].
• 18601 Zafar's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18601 Zafar's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18601 Zafar's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 FU4^[10].
• 18601 Zafar's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 BL11^[11].
• 18601 Zafar's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 NF14^[12].
• 18601 Zafar's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-01-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 18601 Zafar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yl8tf^[14].
• 18601 Zafar's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018601^[15].
• 18601 Zafar's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 18601 Zafar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[17].
• 18601 Zafar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1476732'}^[18].
• 18601 Zafar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1487188697024831'}^[19].
• 18601 Zafar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[20].
• 18601 Zafar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[21].
• 18601 Zafar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.95'}^[22].
• 18601 Zafar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.24020'}^[23].
• 18601 Zafar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.241020153498573'}^[24].
• 18601 Zafar's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.74'}^[25].
• 18601 Zafar's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1365.317224330273'}^[26].
• 18601 Zafar's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+98.26042'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18601 Zafar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18601 Zafar ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]