21088 Chelyabinsk

Summary

21088 Chelyabinsk is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21088 Chelyabinsk is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[7].
• Chelyabinsk is named after 21088 Chelyabinsk^[8].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's follows is recorded as 21087 Petsimpallas^[9].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's followed by is recorded as 21089 Mochizuki^[10].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[11].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's Commons category is recorded as 21088 Chelyabinsk^[12].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 BL2^[14].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-01-30T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021088^[16].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2385'}^[18].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2386083'}^[19].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2387361870757365'}^[20].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[21].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.36'}^[22].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+38.45851'}^[23].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+38.46248169901767'}^[24].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.23'}^[25].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+814.154957696152'}^[26].
• 21088 Chelyabinsk's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+11.23'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Chelyabinsk is named after 21088 Chelyabinsk^[8].

Why It Matters

21088 Chelyabinsk ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]