2004 FU162

Summary

2004 FU162 is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2004 FU162 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 2004 FU162's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2004 FU162's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2004 FU162's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 2004 FU162's minor planet group is recorded as Aten asteroid^[7].
• 2004 FU162's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 2004 FU162's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03q0hq^[9].
• 2004 FU162's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3249978^[10].
• 2004 FU162's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3922'}^[11].
• 2004 FU162's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3921717510663896'}^[12].
• 2004 FU162's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+29.48'}^[13].
• 2004 FU162's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.164655704774893'}^[14].
• 2004 FU162's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+274.6300046213075'}^[15].
• 2004 FU162's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+191.2486013061138'}^[16].
• 2004 FU162's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.8268620088708117'}^[17].
• 2004 FU162's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.151133930779951'}^[18].
• 2004 FU162's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.502590086961673'}^[19].
• 2004 FU162's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+139.7841451391181'}^[20].
• 2004 FU162's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+262.6670209006733'}^[21].
• 2004 FU162's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2004 FU162^[22].
• 2004 FU162's epoch is recorded as April 5, 2004^[23].
• 2004 FU162's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2453174.751545833'}^[24].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

2004 FU162 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]