21717 Pang

Summary

21717 Pang is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21717 Pang is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21717 Pang's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21717 Pang's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21717 Pang's follows is recorded as 21716 Panchamia^[6].
• 21717 Pang's followed by is recorded as 21718 Cheonghapark^[7].
• 21717 Pang's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21717 Pang's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21717 Pang's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 RK17^[10].
• 21717 Pang's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RO114^[11].
• 21717 Pang's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TR294^[12].
• 21717 Pang's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-09T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 21717 Pang's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7xgd^[14].
• 21717 Pang's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021717^[15].
• 21717 Pang's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 21717 Pang's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[17].
• 21717 Pang's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0597790'}^[18].
• 21717 Pang's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06321294275040247'}^[19].
• 21717 Pang's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[20].
• 21717 Pang's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.49'}^[21].
• 21717 Pang's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.94567'}^[22].
• 21717 Pang's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.94608902887568'}^[23].
• 21717 Pang's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.98'}^[24].
• 21717 Pang's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1817.800165985943'}^[25].
• 21717 Pang's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+175.51584'}^[26].
• 21717 Pang's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+175.4418397078641'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21717 Pang's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21717 Pang 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]