19148 Alaska

Summary

19148 Alaska is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 19148 Alaska is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 19148 Alaska's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 19148 Alaska's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haute-Provence Observatory^[5].
• Alaska is named after 19148 Alaska^[6].
• 19148 Alaska's follows is recorded as (19147) 1989 YV4^[7].
• 19148 Alaska's followed by is recorded as Q145820^[8].
• 19148 Alaska's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 19148 Alaska's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 19148 Alaska's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 YA5^[11].
• 19148 Alaska's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 HX^[12].
• 19148 Alaska's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 BZ10^[13].
• 19148 Alaska's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-12-28T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 19148 Alaska's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0pqp^[15].
• 19148 Alaska's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20019148^[16].
• 19148 Alaska's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 19148 Alaska's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[18].
• 19148 Alaska's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1437599'}^[19].
• 19148 Alaska's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1500403821263321'}^[20].
• 19148 Alaska's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.5'}^[21].
• 19148 Alaska's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[22].
• 19148 Alaska's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.66'}^[23].
• 19148 Alaska's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.58311'}^[24].
• 19148 Alaska's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.61089555327191'}^[25].
• 19148 Alaska's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.52'}^[26].
• 19148 Alaska's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2011.714317997699'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

19148 Alaska's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Alaska is named after 19148 Alaska^[6].

Why It Matters

19148 Alaska 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 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]