21503 Beksha

Summary

21503 Beksha is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21503 Beksha is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21503 Beksha's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21503 Beksha's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21503 Beksha's follows is recorded as 21502 Cruz^[6].
• 21503 Beksha's followed by is recorded as 21504 Caseyfreeman^[7].
• 21503 Beksha's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21503 Beksha's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21503 Beksha's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KL18^[10].
• 21503 Beksha's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RB77^[11].
• 21503 Beksha's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-22T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 21503 Beksha's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0yt9^[13].
• 21503 Beksha's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021503^[14].
• 21503 Beksha's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 21503 Beksha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[16].
• 21503 Beksha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1107700'}^[17].
• 21503 Beksha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1078733274356441'}^[18].
• 21503 Beksha's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[19].
• 21503 Beksha's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.05'}^[20].
• 21503 Beksha's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.33261'}^[21].
• 21503 Beksha's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.320115278801934'}^[22].
• 21503 Beksha's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.03'}^[23].
• 21503 Beksha's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1473.311792829921'}^[24].
• 21503 Beksha's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+28.86284'}^[25].
• 21503 Beksha's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+28.72482016676895'}^[26].
• 21503 Beksha's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5332795'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21503 Beksha's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21503 Beksha 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 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]