21258 Huckins

Summary

21258 Huckins is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 21258 Huckins is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[3].
• 21258 Huckins's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21258 Huckins's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory^[5].
• 21258 Huckins's follows is recorded as 21257 Jižní Čechy^[6].
• 21258 Huckins's followed by is recorded as (21259) 1996 ED4^[7].
• 21258 Huckins's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21258 Huckins's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21258 Huckins's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 HV3^[10].
• 21258 Huckins's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 DS8^[11].
• 21258 Huckins's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 EH1^[12].
• 21258 Huckins's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SV143^[13].
• 21258 Huckins's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-03-15T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 21258 Huckins's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3zvy^[15].
• 21258 Huckins's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021258^[16].
• 21258 Huckins's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 21258 Huckins's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[18].
• 21258 Huckins's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1640505'}^[19].
• 21258 Huckins's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1640789650208037'}^[20].
• 21258 Huckins's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[21].
• 21258 Huckins's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.33'}^[22].
• 21258 Huckins's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.72119'}^[23].
• 21258 Huckins's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.71287842880999'}^[24].
• 21258 Huckins's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.62'}^[25].
• 21258 Huckins's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2054.085248535832'}^[26].
• 21258 Huckins's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+197.52523'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21258 Huckins's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21258 Huckins has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]