18946 Massar

Summary

18946 Massar is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18946 Massar is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 18946 Massar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18946 Massar's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 18946 Massar's follows is recorded as (18945) 2000 QH71^[6].
• 18946 Massar's followed by is recorded as 18947 Cindyfulton^[7].
• 18946 Massar's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18946 Massar's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18946 Massar's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 WH1^[10].
• 18946 Massar's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 EO27^[11].
• 18946 Massar's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 UZ42^[12].
• 18946 Massar's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 QM75^[13].
• 18946 Massar's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-08-24T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 18946 Massar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7cc5^[15].
• 18946 Massar's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018946^[16].
• 18946 Massar's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 18946 Massar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[18].
• 18946 Massar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1780902'}^[19].
• 18946 Massar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1747757667706873'}^[20].
• 18946 Massar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[21].
• 18946 Massar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.34'}^[22].
• 18946 Massar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.51990'}^[23].
• 18946 Massar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.5163272892341662'}^[24].
• 18946 Massar's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.32'}^[25].
• 18946 Massar's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1946.472889284987'}^[26].
• 18946 Massar's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+340.53954'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18946 Massar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18946 Massar ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]