18617 Puntel

Summary

18617 Puntel is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18617 Puntel is credited with the discovery of Michel Bœuf^[3].
• 18617 Puntel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18617 Puntel's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mison^[5].
• 18617 Puntel's follows is recorded as (18616) 1998 DR5^[6].
• 18617 Puntel's followed by is recorded as (18618) 1998 DD10^[7].
• 18617 Puntel's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18617 Puntel's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18617 Puntel's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 MJ^[10].
• 18617 Puntel's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 DY9^[11].
• 18617 Puntel's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-02-24T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 18617 Puntel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y8236^[13].
• 18617 Puntel's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018617^[14].
• 18617 Puntel's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 18617 Puntel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[16].
• 18617 Puntel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0647575'}^[17].
• 18617 Puntel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06515992330784028'}^[18].
• 18617 Puntel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[19].
• 18617 Puntel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[20].
• 18617 Puntel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.83'}^[21].
• 18617 Puntel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.08529'}^[22].
• 18617 Puntel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.083157807321768'}^[23].
• 18617 Puntel's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.13'}^[24].
• 18617 Puntel's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1143.902234766761'}^[25].
• 18617 Puntel's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+303.36314'}^[26].
• 18617 Puntel's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+303.299964091054'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18617 Puntel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18617 Puntel 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]