20321 Lightdonovan

Summary

20321 Lightdonovan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20321 Lightdonovan is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's follows is recorded as (20320) 1998 GH8^[6].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's followed by is recorded as (20322) 1998 HZ20^[7].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 XN10^[10].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HJ19^[11].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-18T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y74wd^[13].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020321^[14].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[16].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1178646'}^[17].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1174284370409692'}^[18].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.5'}^[19].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.59'}^[20].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.84660'}^[21].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.848524593833896'}^[22].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.52'}^[23].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1284.550316227847'}^[24].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+349.46234'}^[25].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+349.3143416048961'}^[26].
• 20321 Lightdonovan's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3127651'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20321 Lightdonovan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

20321 Lightdonovan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]