21652 Vasishtha

Summary

21652 Vasishtha is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21652 Vasishtha is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21652 Vasishtha's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21652 Vasishtha's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21652 Vasishtha's follows is recorded as 21651 Mission Valley^[6].
• 21652 Vasishtha's followed by is recorded as 21653 Davidwang^[7].
• 21652 Vasishtha's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21652 Vasishtha's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21652 Vasishtha's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 BS^[10].
• 21652 Vasishtha's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 QD^[11].
• 21652 Vasishtha's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 OQ2^[12].
• 21652 Vasishtha's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-07-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 21652 Vasishtha's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhpk8^[14].
• 21652 Vasishtha's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021652^[15].
• 21652 Vasishtha's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 21652 Vasishtha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.25'}^[17].
• 21652 Vasishtha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2522501'}^[18].
• 21652 Vasishtha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2513278004463179'}^[19].
• 21652 Vasishtha's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.2'}^[20].
• 21652 Vasishtha's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.36'}^[21].
• 21652 Vasishtha's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.98092'}^[22].
• 21652 Vasishtha's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.98486332565795'}^[23].
• 21652 Vasishtha's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.21'}^[24].
• 21652 Vasishtha's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1541.399814492384'}^[25].
• 21652 Vasishtha's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+16.29'}^[26].
• 21652 Vasishtha's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+289.51385'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21652 Vasishtha's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21652 Vasishtha ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]