18729 Potentino

Summary

18729 Potentino is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18729 Potentino is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 18729 Potentino's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18729 Potentino's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 18729 Potentino's follows is recorded as 18728 Grammier^[6].
• 18729 Potentino's followed by is recorded as 18730 Wingip^[7].
• 18729 Potentino's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18729 Potentino's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18729 Potentino's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 EQ5^[10].
• 18729 Potentino's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KJ4^[11].
• 18729 Potentino's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RH157^[12].
• 18729 Potentino's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 18729 Potentino's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047d_15^[14].
• 18729 Potentino's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018729^[15].
• 18729 Potentino's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 18729 Potentino's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[17].
• 18729 Potentino's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0845810'}^[18].
• 18729 Potentino's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08206479275943003'}^[19].
• 18729 Potentino's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[20].
• 18729 Potentino's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.19'}^[21].
• 18729 Potentino's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.44532'}^[22].
• 18729 Potentino's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.447750090453154'}^[23].
• 18729 Potentino's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.03'}^[24].
• 18729 Potentino's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1835.626283171926'}^[25].
• 18729 Potentino's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+102.73649'}^[26].
• 18729 Potentino's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+102.684760830227'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18729 Potentino's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18729 Potentino ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]