21589 Rafes

Summary

21589 Rafes is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 21589 Rafes is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21589 Rafes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21589 Rafes's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21589 Rafes's follows is recorded as 21588 Gianelli^[6].
• 21589 Rafes's followed by is recorded as (21590) 1998 TK^[7].
• 21589 Rafes's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21589 Rafes's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21589 Rafes's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 JK1^[10].
• 21589 Rafes's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SR162^[11].
• 21589 Rafes's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-09-26T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 21589 Rafes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y82wm^[13].
• 21589 Rafes's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021589^[14].
• 21589 Rafes's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 21589 Rafes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[16].
• 21589 Rafes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1575170'}^[17].
• 21589 Rafes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.159028132803669'}^[18].
• 21589 Rafes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[19].
• 21589 Rafes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.53'}^[20].
• 21589 Rafes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.86095'}^[21].
• 21589 Rafes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.862960484619174'}^[22].
• 21589 Rafes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.64'}^[23].
• 21589 Rafes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1695.365315946004'}^[24].
• 21589 Rafes's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.77'}^[25].
• 21589 Rafes's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+227.01485'}^[26].
• 21589 Rafes's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+226.8866189988964'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21589 Rafes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21589 Rafes has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]