21601 Aias

Summary

21601 Aias is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21601 Aias is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21601 Aias's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21601 Aias's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21601 Aias followed (21600) 1998 XL5^[6].
• 21601 Aias was followed by 21602 Ialmenus^[7].
• 21601 Aias's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[8].
• 21601 Aias's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[9].
• 21601 Aias's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 21601 Aias's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 XO89^[11].
• 21601 Aias's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AK195^[12].
• 21601 Aias's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 15, 1998^[13].
• 21601 Aias's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 21601 Aias's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0355'}^[15].
• 21601 Aias's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0350531'}^[16].
• 21601 Aias's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03762326647547248'}^[17].
• 21601 Aias's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[18].
• 21601 Aias's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.0'}^[19].
• 21601 Aias's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.47091'}^[20].
• 21601 Aias's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.4487626928444'}^[21].
• 21601 Aias's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+11.94'}^[22].
• 21601 Aias's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4390.038935316214'}^[23].
• 21601 Aias's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.65'}^[24].
• 21601 Aias's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+263.63033'}^[25].
• 21601 Aias's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+263.6231476680639'}^[26].
• 21601 Aias's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.2231867'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21601 Aias's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21601 Aias ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]