2023 Asaph

Summary

2023 Asaph is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2023 Asaph is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 2023 Asaph's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2023 Asaph's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[5].
• Asaph Hall is named after 2023 Asaph^[6].
• 2023 Asaph's follows is recorded as Q784240^[7].
• 2023 Asaph's followed by is recorded as Q546265^[8].
• 2023 Asaph's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2023 Asaph's Commons category is recorded as 2023 Asaph^[10].
• 2023 Asaph's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 2023 Asaph's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 SA^[12].
• 2023 Asaph's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1952-09-16T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 2023 Asaph's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f5f44^[14].
• 2023 Asaph's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002023^[15].
• 2023 Asaph's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 2023 Asaph's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.28'}^[17].
• 2023 Asaph's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2800566'}^[18].
• 2023 Asaph's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2781987302429778'}^[19].
• 2023 Asaph's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.7'}^[20].
• 2023 Asaph's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.84'}^[21].
• 2023 Asaph's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.35180'}^[22].
• 2023 Asaph's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.33506332722233'}^[23].
• 2023 Asaph's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.88'}^[24].
• 2023 Asaph's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1784.745469055026'}^[25].
• 2023 Asaph's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+89.2'}^[26].
• 2023 Asaph's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.12893'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2023 Asaph's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Asaph Hall is named after 2023 Asaph^[6].

Why It Matters

2023 Asaph ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]