21409 Forbes

Summary

21409 Forbes is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21409 Forbes is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21409 Forbes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21409 Forbes's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21409 Forbes's follows is recorded as 21408 Lyrahaas^[6].
• 21409 Forbes's followed by is recorded as 21410 Cahill^[7].
• 21409 Forbes's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21409 Forbes's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21409 Forbes's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 HV1^[10].
• 21409 Forbes's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FC65^[11].
• 21409 Forbes's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 21409 Forbes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y27f_^[13].
• 21409 Forbes's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021409^[14].
• 21409 Forbes's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 21409 Forbes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[16].
• 21409 Forbes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1240135'}^[17].
• 21409 Forbes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1232802530825681'}^[18].
• 21409 Forbes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[19].
• 21409 Forbes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.42'}^[20].
• 21409 Forbes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.57146'}^[21].
• 21409 Forbes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.567738415026519'}^[22].
• 21409 Forbes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.44'}^[23].
• 21409 Forbes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1254.344845447055'}^[24].
• 21409 Forbes's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+193.52443'}^[25].
• 21409 Forbes's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+193.4241068639056'}^[26].
• 21409 Forbes's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2766199'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21409 Forbes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21409 Forbes ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]