2023 DW

Summary

2023 DW is a near-Earth asteroid^[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (near_earth_asteroid category, ranking #11 of 31).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2023 DW is credited with the discovery of Alain Maury^[3].
• 2023 DW is credited with the discovery of Georges Attard^[4].
• 2023 DW's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[5].
• 2023 DW's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as San Pedro de Atacama^[6].
• 2023 DW's minor planet group is recorded as Aten asteroid^[7].
• 2023 DW's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 2023 DW's provisional designation is recorded as 2023 DW^[9].
• 2023 DW's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2023-02-26T00:00:00Z^[10].
• 2023 DW's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 54342500^[11].
• 2023 DW's significant event is recorded as collision^[12].
• 2023 DW's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3966119673586025'}^[13].
• 2023 DW's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.396127604874132'}^[14].
• 2023 DW's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+24.33'}^[15].
• 2023 DW's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.805098419782618'}^[16].
• 2023 DW's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+271.2539954031357'}^[17].
• 2023 DW's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+326.0940745146556'}^[18].
• 2023 DW's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.820071674076394'}^[19].
• 2023 DW's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.144924702153396'}^[20].
• 2023 DW's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.4952186459993922'}^[21].
• 2023 DW's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+40.47342394914676'}^[22].
• 2023 DW's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.346428305272213'}^[23].
• 2023 DW's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11kc2jj5bm^[24].
• 2023 DW's schematic is recorded as 2023 DW find orb-2023-03-03---map 1.jpg^[25].
• 2023 DW's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2023 DW^[26].
• 2023 DW's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2023 DW's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

2023 DW draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (near_earth_asteroid category, ranking #11 of 31).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]