21919 Luga

Summary

21919 Luga is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21919 Luga is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21919 Luga's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21919 Luga's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21919 Luga's follows is recorded as (21918) 1999 VN45^[6].
• 21919 Luga's followed by is recorded as (21920) 1999 VZ47^[7].
• 21919 Luga's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21919 Luga's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21919 Luga's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MN47^[10].
• 21919 Luga's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VV47^[11].
• 21919 Luga's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-03T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 21919 Luga's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y776f^[13].
• 21919 Luga's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021919^[14].
• 21919 Luga's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 21919 Luga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[16].
• 21919 Luga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0582449'}^[17].
• 21919 Luga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05569694848476926'}^[18].
• 21919 Luga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[19].
• 21919 Luga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[20].
• 21919 Luga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.17'}^[21].
• 21919 Luga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.27490'}^[22].
• 21919 Luga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.279291150811869'}^[23].
• 21919 Luga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.38'}^[24].
• 21919 Luga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1964.556863338869'}^[25].
• 21919 Luga's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+288.59513'}^[26].
• 21919 Luga's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+288.5453497505968'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21919 Luga's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21919 Luga ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]