23543 Saiki

Summary

23543 Saiki is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 23543 Saiki is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 23543 Saiki is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 23543 Saiki's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 23543 Saiki's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• Takanao Saiki is named after 23543 Saiki^[7].
• 23543 Saiki's follows is recorded as (23542) 1993 TN30^[8].
• 23543 Saiki's followed by is recorded as (23544) 1993 XW^[9].
• 23543 Saiki's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 23543 Saiki's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 23543 Saiki's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 YK5^[12].
• 23543 Saiki's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 UK^[13].
• 23543 Saiki's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VP28^[14].
• 23543 Saiki's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-10-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 23543 Saiki's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023543^[16].
• 23543 Saiki's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 23543 Saiki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[18].
• 23543 Saiki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0667706'}^[19].
• 23543 Saiki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06690231474689201'}^[20].
• 23543 Saiki's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[21].
• 23543 Saiki's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.07'}^[22].
• 23543 Saiki's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.32187'}^[23].
• 23543 Saiki's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.321123691565278'}^[24].
• 23543 Saiki's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.82'}^[25].
• 23543 Saiki's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1761.879814815648'}^[26].
• 23543 Saiki's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.034'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

23543 Saiki's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Takanao Saiki is named after 23543 Saiki^[7].

Why It Matters

23543 Saiki ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]