21463 Nickerson

Summary

21463 Nickerson is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 21463 Nickerson is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21463 Nickerson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21463 Nickerson's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21463 Nickerson's follows is recorded as 21462 Karenedbal^[6].
• 21463 Nickerson's followed by is recorded as 21464 Chinaroonchai^[7].
• 21463 Nickerson's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21463 Nickerson's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21463 Nickerson's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 RS5^[10].
• 21463 Nickerson's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HX78^[11].
• 21463 Nickerson's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-21T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 21463 Nickerson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7nhf^[13].
• 21463 Nickerson's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021463^[14].
• 21463 Nickerson's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 21463 Nickerson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[16].
• 21463 Nickerson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1096789'}^[17].
• 21463 Nickerson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1101561886267259'}^[18].
• 21463 Nickerson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[19].
• 21463 Nickerson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.87'}^[20].
• 21463 Nickerson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.90940'}^[21].
• 21463 Nickerson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.910285795489476'}^[22].
• 21463 Nickerson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.77'}^[23].
• 21463 Nickerson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1376.695464662166'}^[24].
• 21463 Nickerson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+251.25539'}^[25].
• 21463 Nickerson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+251.1542079163564'}^[26].
• 21463 Nickerson's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4225362'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21463 Nickerson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21463 Nickerson has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]