18857 Lalchandani

Summary

18857 Lalchandani is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18857 Lalchandani is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 18857 Lalchandani's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18857 Lalchandani's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 18857 Lalchandani's follows is recorded as (18856) 1999 RT116^[6].
• 18857 Lalchandani's followed by is recorded as 18858 Tecleveland^[7].
• 18857 Lalchandani's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18857 Lalchandani's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18857 Lalchandani's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FW114^[10].
• 18857 Lalchandani's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RE117^[11].
• 18857 Lalchandani's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-09T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 18857 Lalchandani's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y703q^[13].
• 18857 Lalchandani's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018857^[14].
• 18857 Lalchandani's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 18857 Lalchandani's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[16].
• 18857 Lalchandani's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0740806'}^[17].
• 18857 Lalchandani's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07417944297474331'}^[18].
• 18857 Lalchandani's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[19].
• 18857 Lalchandani's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.64'}^[20].
• 18857 Lalchandani's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.89261'}^[21].
• 18857 Lalchandani's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.890219471613811'}^[22].
• 18857 Lalchandani's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.57'}^[23].
• 18857 Lalchandani's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1303.937418034251'}^[24].
• 18857 Lalchandani's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+209.05'}^[25].
• 18857 Lalchandani's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+284.19665'}^[26].
• 18857 Lalchandani's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+284.1482465286105'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18857 Lalchandani's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18857 Lalchandani 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]