(20428) 1998 WG20

Summary

(20428) 1998 WG20 is an asteroid^[1]. (20428) 1998 WG20 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• (20428) 1998 WG20 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's follows is recorded as 20427 Hjalmar^[6].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's followed by is recorded as (20429) 1998 YN1^[7].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[8].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[9].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WG20^[11].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 YY6^[12].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-18T00:00:00Z^[13].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020428^[14].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1462394'}^[15].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1453013414050695'}^[16].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[17].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.1'}^[18].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.0'}^[19].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.03506'}^[20].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.053380497478'}^[21].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+11.9'}^[22].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4321.745462576045'}^[23].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+14.813'}^[24].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45.39839'}^[25].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45.30711503960589'}^[26].
• (20428) 1998 WG20's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.2114658'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(20428) 1998 WG20's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

(20428) 1998 WG20 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]