21817 Yingling

Summary

21817 Yingling is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21817 Yingling is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21817 Yingling's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21817 Yingling's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21817 Yingling's follows is recorded as (21816) 1999 TE31^[6].
• 21817 Yingling's followed by is recorded as 21818 Yurkanin^[7].
• 21817 Yingling's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21817 Yingling's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21817 Yingling's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 XE3^[10].
• 21817 Yingling's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 HY^[11].
• 21817 Yingling's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TG32^[12].
• 21817 Yingling's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-10-04T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 21817 Yingling's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yl5rv^[14].
• 21817 Yingling's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021817^[15].
• 21817 Yingling's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 21817 Yingling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[17].
• 21817 Yingling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1772127'}^[18].
• 21817 Yingling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.180982652158706'}^[19].
• 21817 Yingling's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[20].
• 21817 Yingling's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.44'}^[21].
• 21817 Yingling's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.21867'}^[22].
• 21817 Yingling's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.22057979897536'}^[23].
• 21817 Yingling's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.34'}^[24].
• 21817 Yingling's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1580.645494830646'}^[25].
• 21817 Yingling's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+206.20951'}^[26].
• 21817 Yingling's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+205.9974029105987'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21817 Yingling's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21817 Yingling ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]