2021 PH27

Summary

2021 PH27 is a near-Earth asteroid^[1]. It draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (near_earth_asteroid category, ranking #6 of 31).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2021 PH27 is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[3].
• 2021 PH27's image is recorded as 2021 PH27 Discovery Image.gif^[4].
• 2021 PH27's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[5].
• 2021 PH27's location of discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[6].
• 2021 PH27's minor planet group is recorded as Atira asteroid^[7].
• 2021 PH27's Commons category is recorded as 2021 PH27^[8].
• 2021 PH27's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 2021 PH27's provisional designation is recorded as 2021 PH27^[10].
• 2021 PH27's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2021-08-13T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 2021 PH27's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 54186922^[12].
• 2021 PH27's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7116'}^[13].
• 2021 PH27's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.3'}^[14].
• 2021 PH27's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.71'}^[15].
• 2021 PH27's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+31.929'}^[16].
• 2021 PH27's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+114.60'}^[17].
• 2021 PH27's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+39.411'}^[18].
• 2021 PH27's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7903'}^[19].
• 2021 PH27's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.4617'}^[20].
• 2021 PH27's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+49.496'}^[21].
• 2021 PH27's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11rww8gn17^[22].
• 2021 PH27's alternative name is recorded as v13aug1^[23].
• 2021 PH27's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2021 PH27^[24].

Body

Designation and Status

2021 PH27's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

2021 PH27 draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (near_earth_asteroid category, ranking #6 of 31).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25]