21498 Keenanferar

Summary

21498 Keenanferar is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21498 Keenanferar is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21498 Keenanferar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21498 Keenanferar's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21498 Keenanferar's follows is recorded as 21497 Alicehine^[6].
• 21498 Keenanferar's followed by is recorded as 21499 Perillat^[7].
• 21498 Keenanferar's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21498 Keenanferar's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21498 Keenanferar's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 YE8^[10].
• 21498 Keenanferar's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KQ2^[11].
• 21498 Keenanferar's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-22T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 21498 Keenanferar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5ljh^[13].
• 21498 Keenanferar's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021498^[14].
• 21498 Keenanferar's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 21498 Keenanferar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[16].
• 21498 Keenanferar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1093127'}^[17].
• 21498 Keenanferar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1096911081912071'}^[18].
• 21498 Keenanferar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[19].
• 21498 Keenanferar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.81'}^[20].
• 21498 Keenanferar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.92608'}^[21].
• 21498 Keenanferar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.9435930641236'}^[22].
• 21498 Keenanferar's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.42'}^[23].
• 21498 Keenanferar's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1248.557608978668'}^[24].
• 21498 Keenanferar's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+249.32000'}^[25].
• 21498 Keenanferar's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+249.2642302436316'}^[26].
• 21498 Keenanferar's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2691668'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21498 Keenanferar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21498 Keenanferar 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]