18725 Atacama

Summary

18725 Atacama is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18725 Atacama is credited with the discovery of OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey^[3].
• 18725 Atacama's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18725 Atacama's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Côte d'Azur Observatory^[5].
• Atacama Desert is named after 18725 Atacama^[6].
• 18725 Atacama's follows is recorded as (18724) 1998 JV1^[7].
• 18725 Atacama's followed by is recorded as (18726) 1998 KC2^[8].
• 18725 Atacama's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 18725 Atacama's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 18725 Atacama's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 JL3^[11].
• 18725 Atacama's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RG111^[12].
• 18725 Atacama's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 18725 Atacama's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0vtt^[14].
• 18725 Atacama's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018725^[15].
• 18725 Atacama's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 18725 Atacama's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[17].
• 18725 Atacama's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1339189'}^[18].
• 18725 Atacama's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1317424016618729'}^[19].
• 18725 Atacama's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[20].
• 18725 Atacama's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[21].
• 18725 Atacama's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.38'}^[22].
• 18725 Atacama's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.81579'}^[23].
• 18725 Atacama's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.81787355467698'}^[24].
• 18725 Atacama's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.58'}^[25].
• 18725 Atacama's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1674.619741588676'}^[26].
• 18725 Atacama's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+196.78752'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18725 Atacama's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Atacama Desert is named after 18725 Atacama^[6].

Why It Matters

18725 Atacama ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]