20898 Fountainhills

Summary

20898 Fountainhills is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20898 Fountainhills is credited with the discovery of Charles W. Juels^[3].
• 20898 Fountainhills's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20898 Fountainhills's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Fountain Hills Observatory^[5].
• Fountain Hills is named after 20898 Fountainhills^[6].
• 20898 Fountainhills's follows is recorded as 20897 Deborahdomingue^[7].
• 20898 Fountainhills's followed by is recorded as (20899) 2000 XB3^[8].
• 20898 Fountainhills's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 20898 Fountainhills's minor planet group is recorded as list of Jupiter-crossing minor planets^[10].
• 20898 Fountainhills's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[11].
• 20898 Fountainhills's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 20898 Fountainhills's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 BE^[13].
• 20898 Fountainhills's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 NA1^[14].
• 20898 Fountainhills's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WE147^[15].
• 20898 Fountainhills's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-30T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 20898 Fountainhills's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y27y_^[17].
• 20898 Fountainhills's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020898^[18].
• 20898 Fountainhills's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 20898 Fountainhills's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.47'}^[20].
• 20898 Fountainhills's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4652948'}^[21].
• 20898 Fountainhills's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4696134386140425'}^[22].
• 20898 Fountainhills's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.1'}^[23].
• 20898 Fountainhills's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.3'}^[24].
• 20898 Fountainhills's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.36'}^[25].
• 20898 Fountainhills's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45.52711'}^[26].
• 20898 Fountainhills's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+44.84547304672977'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20898 Fountainhills's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Fountain Hills is named after 20898 Fountainhills^[6].

Why It Matters

20898 Fountainhills ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]