2002 MN

Summary

2002 MN is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2002 MN is credited with the discovery of MIT Lincoln Laboratory^[3].
• 2002 MN's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2002 MN's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2002 MN's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[6].
• 2002 MN's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 2002 MN's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-06-17T00:00:00Z^[8].
• 2002 MN's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qlg9h^[9].
• 2002 MN's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3127411^[10].
• 2002 MN's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.49825'}^[11].
• 2002 MN's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4995261267908903'}^[12].
• 2002 MN's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+23.7'}^[13].
• 2002 MN's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.0471'}^[14].
• 2002 MN's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.047106433322256'}^[15].
• 2002 MN's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+894.0765770864784'}^[16].
• 2002 MN's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+85.29139444921415'}^[17].
• 2002 MN's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.816285825648254'}^[18].
• 2002 MN's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.723568049279521'}^[19].
• 2002 MN's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9090036020169877'}^[20].
• 2002 MN's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+131.5994411736643'}^[21].
• 2002 MN's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+224.0599809587702'}^[22].
• 2002 MN's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2002 MN^[23].
• 2002 MN's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[24].
• 2002 MN's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461338.113296982'}^[25].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

Why It Matters

2002 MN ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]