23452 Drew

Summary

23452 Drew is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 23452 Drew is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 23452 Drew is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 23452 Drew's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 23452 Drew's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 23452 Drew's follows is recorded as (23451) 1988 CO7^[7].
• 23452 Drew's followed by is recorded as (23453) 1988 QR^[8].
• 23452 Drew's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 23452 Drew's minor planet group is recorded as inner asteroid belt^[10].
• 23452 Drew's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 23452 Drew's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 QF^[12].
• 23452 Drew's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RM15^[13].
• 23452 Drew's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-08-18T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 23452 Drew's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1h6f^[15].
• 23452 Drew's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023452^[16].
• 23452 Drew's asteroid family is recorded as Hungaria family^[17].
• 23452 Drew's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 23452 Drew's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[19].
• 23452 Drew's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0946335'}^[20].
• 23452 Drew's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09471512066097082'}^[21].
• 23452 Drew's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[22].
• 23452 Drew's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.33'}^[23].
• 23452 Drew's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.87090'}^[24].
• 23452 Drew's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.87802463147825'}^[25].
• 23452 Drew's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.75'}^[26].
• 23452 Drew's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1003.336419521586'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

23452 Drew's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

23452 Drew 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 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]