18697 Kathanson

Summary

18697 Kathanson is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18697 Kathanson is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 18697 Kathanson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18697 Kathanson's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 18697 Kathanson's follows is recorded as (18696) 1998 HB34^[6].
• 18697 Kathanson's followed by is recorded as 18698 Racharles^[7].
• 18697 Kathanson's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18697 Kathanson's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18697 Kathanson's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HB39^[10].
• 18697 Kathanson's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 NY18^[11].
• 18697 Kathanson's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 18697 Kathanson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5h1g^[13].
• 18697 Kathanson's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018697^[14].
• 18697 Kathanson's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 18697 Kathanson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[16].
• 18697 Kathanson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1348144'}^[17].
• 18697 Kathanson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.136158368142049'}^[18].
• 18697 Kathanson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[19].
• 18697 Kathanson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.13'}^[20].
• 18697 Kathanson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.18135'}^[21].
• 18697 Kathanson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.179123294385667'}^[22].
• 18697 Kathanson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.46'}^[23].
• 18697 Kathanson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1993.996125588822'}^[24].
• 18697 Kathanson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.91784'}^[25].
• 18697 Kathanson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.873509297391573'}^[26].
• 18697 Kathanson's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1024401'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18697 Kathanson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18697 Kathanson ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]