21472 Stimson

Summary

21472 Stimson is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21472 Stimson is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21472 Stimson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21472 Stimson's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21472 Stimson's follows is recorded as 21471 Pavelchvykov^[6].
• 21472 Stimson's followed by is recorded as 21473 Petesullivan^[7].
• 21472 Stimson's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21472 Stimson's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21472 Stimson's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 SR8^[10].
• 21472 Stimson's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HU98^[11].
• 21472 Stimson's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 SK19^[12].
• 21472 Stimson's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-21T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 21472 Stimson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygvjg^[14].
• 21472 Stimson's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021472^[15].
• 21472 Stimson's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 21472 Stimson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[17].
• 21472 Stimson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0697229'}^[18].
• 21472 Stimson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06843443779161826'}^[19].
• 21472 Stimson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[20].
• 21472 Stimson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.88'}^[21].
• 21472 Stimson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.27646'}^[22].
• 21472 Stimson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.274772647597395'}^[23].
• 21472 Stimson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.65'}^[24].
• 21472 Stimson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1334.845538621646'}^[25].
• 21472 Stimson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45.75679'}^[26].
• 21472 Stimson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45.67144565439339'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21472 Stimson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21472 Stimson ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]