21724 Ratai

Summary

21724 Ratai is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21724 Ratai is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21724 Ratai's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21724 Ratai's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21724 Ratai's follows is recorded as 21723 Yinyinwu^[6].
• 21724 Ratai's followed by is recorded as 21725 Zhongyuechen^[7].
• 21724 Ratai's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21724 Ratai's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21724 Ratai's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 ST4^[10].
• 21724 Ratai's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 HZ3^[11].
• 21724 Ratai's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HB19^[12].
• 21724 Ratai's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RA132^[13].
• 21724 Ratai's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-09T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 21724 Ratai's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y83dg^[15].
• 21724 Ratai's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021724^[16].
• 21724 Ratai's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 21724 Ratai's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[18].
• 21724 Ratai's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1264882'}^[19].
• 21724 Ratai's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.126326668348907'}^[20].
• 21724 Ratai's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[21].
• 21724 Ratai's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.08'}^[22].
• 21724 Ratai's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.75070'}^[23].
• 21724 Ratai's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.747423369481236'}^[24].
• 21724 Ratai's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.55'}^[25].
• 21724 Ratai's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1297.701228928711'}^[26].
• 21724 Ratai's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+24.9432'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21724 Ratai's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21724 Ratai 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 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]