18943 Elaisponton

Summary

18943 Elaisponton is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18943 Elaisponton is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 18943 Elaisponton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18943 Elaisponton's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 18943 Elaisponton's follows is recorded as (18942) 2000 QE54^[6].
• 18943 Elaisponton's followed by is recorded as 18944 Sawilliams^[7].
• 18943 Elaisponton's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18943 Elaisponton's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18943 Elaisponton's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 UG5^[10].
• 18943 Elaisponton's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 QA55^[11].
• 18943 Elaisponton's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-08-25T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 18943 Elaisponton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1jz3^[13].
• 18943 Elaisponton's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018943^[14].
• 18943 Elaisponton's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 18943 Elaisponton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[16].
• 18943 Elaisponton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1196738'}^[17].
• 18943 Elaisponton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.119990574687147'}^[18].
• 18943 Elaisponton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[19].
• 18943 Elaisponton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[20].
• 18943 Elaisponton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.07'}^[21].
• 18943 Elaisponton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.41590'}^[22].
• 18943 Elaisponton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.411961261381076'}^[23].
• 18943 Elaisponton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.71'}^[24].
• 18943 Elaisponton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1354.70821369548'}^[25].
• 18943 Elaisponton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.54684'}^[26].
• 18943 Elaisponton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.490492074744933'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18943 Elaisponton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18943 Elaisponton ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]