23060 Shepherd

Summary

23060 Shepherd is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 23060 Shepherd is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 23060 Shepherd's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 23060 Shepherd's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 23060 Shepherd's follows is recorded as 23059 Paulpaino^[6].
• 23060 Shepherd's followed by is recorded as 23061 Blueglass^[7].
• 23060 Shepherd's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 23060 Shepherd's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 23060 Shepherd's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 FL1^[10].
• 23060 Shepherd's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 DS2^[11].
• 23060 Shepherd's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XA119^[12].
• 23060 Shepherd's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XV46^[13].
• 23060 Shepherd's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-12-07T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 23060 Shepherd's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygg8j^[15].
• 23060 Shepherd's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023060^[16].
• 23060 Shepherd's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 23060 Shepherd's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[18].
• 23060 Shepherd's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0844470'}^[19].
• 23060 Shepherd's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08201390668267676'}^[20].
• 23060 Shepherd's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[21].
• 23060 Shepherd's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.11'}^[22].
• 23060 Shepherd's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.86386'}^[23].
• 23060 Shepherd's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.858575374500228'}^[24].
• 23060 Shepherd's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.19'}^[25].
• 23060 Shepherd's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1532.498799351072'}^[26].
• 23060 Shepherd's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.13302'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

23060 Shepherd's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

23060 Shepherd ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]