18979 Henryfong

Summary

18979 Henryfong is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18979 Henryfong is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 18979 Henryfong's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18979 Henryfong's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 18979 Henryfong's follows is recorded as (18978) 2000 QH232^[6].
• 18979 Henryfong's followed by is recorded as 18980 Johannatang^[7].
• 18979 Henryfong's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18979 Henryfong's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18979 Henryfong's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 JW2^[10].
• 18979 Henryfong's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 HW^[11].
• 18979 Henryfong's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 NN50^[12].
• 18979 Henryfong's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 RC2^[13].
• 18979 Henryfong's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-09-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 18979 Henryfong's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3kkq^[15].
• 18979 Henryfong's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018979^[16].
• 18979 Henryfong's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 18979 Henryfong's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}^[18].
• 18979 Henryfong's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0256302'}^[19].
• 18979 Henryfong's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02839646795033335'}^[20].
• 18979 Henryfong's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[21].
• 18979 Henryfong's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[22].
• 18979 Henryfong's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.78821'}^[23].
• 18979 Henryfong's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.794409933497763'}^[24].
• 18979 Henryfong's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.2'}^[25].
• 18979 Henryfong's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1532.780703928119'}^[26].
• 18979 Henryfong's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+180.98865'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18979 Henryfong's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18979 Henryfong 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]