18973 Crouch

Summary

18973 Crouch is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18973 Crouch is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 18973 Crouch's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18973 Crouch's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 18973 Crouch's follows is recorded as (18972) 2000 QD190^[6].
• 18973 Crouch's followed by is recorded as 18974 Brungardt^[7].
• 18973 Crouch's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18973 Crouch's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18973 Crouch's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 KE12^[10].
• 18973 Crouch's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 QJ193^[11].
• 18973 Crouch's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-08-29T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 18973 Crouch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y19x0^[13].
• 18973 Crouch's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018973^[14].
• 18973 Crouch's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 18973 Crouch's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[16].
• 18973 Crouch's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0443317'}^[17].
• 18973 Crouch's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04285525078957975'}^[18].
• 18973 Crouch's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[19].
• 18973 Crouch's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[20].
• 18973 Crouch's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[21].
• 18973 Crouch's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.71878'}^[22].
• 18973 Crouch's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.722942769324832'}^[23].
• 18973 Crouch's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.53'}^[24].
• 18973 Crouch's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1655.556515531969'}^[25].
• 18973 Crouch's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+114.08635'}^[26].
• 18973 Crouch's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+113.9638233640677'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18973 Crouch's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18973 Crouch ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]