227997 NIGLAS

Summary

227997 NIGLAS is an asteroid^[1].

Key Facts

• 227997 NIGLAS is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[2].
• 227997 NIGLAS's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[3].
• 227997 NIGLAS's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xuyi County^[4].
• Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology is named after 227997 NIGLAS^[5].
• 227997 NIGLAS's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[6].
• 227997 NIGLAS's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 227997 NIGLAS's provisional designation is recorded as 2007 KU7^[8].
• 227997 NIGLAS's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2007-05-16T00:00:00Z^[9].
• 227997 NIGLAS's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20227997^[10].
• 227997 NIGLAS's significant event is recorded as naming^[11].
• 227997 NIGLAS's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.03446381150384246'}^[12].
• 227997 NIGLAS's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.07'}^[13].
• 227997 NIGLAS's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.43812509966958'}^[14].
• 227997 NIGLAS's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1998.5069057013'}^[15].
• 227997 NIGLAS's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+103.1217740300686'}^[16].
• 227997 NIGLAS's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.105070636378822'}^[17].
• 227997 NIGLAS's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.212083205497098'}^[18].
• 227997 NIGLAS's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.998058067260546'}^[19].
• 227997 NIGLAS's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+229.9486609927333'}^[20].
• 227997 NIGLAS's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+51.4924363256373'}^[21].
• 227997 NIGLAS's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.909'}^[22].
• 227997 NIGLAS's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.055'}^[23].
• 227997 NIGLAS's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 227997^[24].
• 227997 NIGLAS's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[25].
• 227997 NIGLAS's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460714.644473366'}^[26].

Body

Designation and Status

227997 NIGLAS's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[3].

History and Context

Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology is named after 227997 NIGLAS^[5].