2018 AG37
trans-Neptunian object
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Summary
2018 AG37 is a trans-Neptunian object[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of trans neptunian object entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,561 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Scott S. Sheppard[3], Chadwick Trujillo[4], David J. Tholen[5]
- Instance of: asteroid[6], possible dwarf planet[7]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Mauna Kea Observatories[8]
- Location of discovery: Subaru Telescope[9]
- Minor planet group: trans-Neptunian object[10]
- Commons category: 2018 AG37[11]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[12]
- Time of discovery or invention: February 20, 2019[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.6554456568605362[14]
- Absolute magnitude: 4.22[15]
- Orbital inclination: 18.6748970559512 degree[16]
- Orbital period: 262230.407110755 day[17]
- Longitude of ascending node: 68.35649695206988 degree[18]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 80.17822081868476 astronomical unit[19]
- Apoapsis: 132.7306874290967 astronomical unit[20]
- Periapsis: 27.62575420827281 astronomical unit[21]
- Argument of periapsis: 231.7213808486059 degree[22]
- Mean anomaly: 187.4250004482886 degree[23]
- Diameter: 400 km[24]
- Epoch: February 25, 2019[25]
- Time of periapsis: 2584246.201082177 Julian day[26]
Why It Matters
2018 AG37 has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]