23738 van Zyl

Summary

23738 van Zyl is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 23738 van Zyl is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[3].
• 23738 van Zyl's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 23738 van Zyl's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory^[5].
• Japie van Zyl is named after 23738 van Zyl^[6].
• 23738 van Zyl's follows is recorded as (23737) 1998 HW150^[7].
• 23738 van Zyl's followed by is recorded as 23739 Kevin^[8].
• 23738 van Zyl's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 23738 van Zyl's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 23738 van Zyl's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 QR2^[11].
• 23738 van Zyl's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 RA^[12].
• 23738 van Zyl's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 JZ1^[13].
• 23738 van Zyl's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 23738 van Zyl's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023738^[15].
• 23738 van Zyl's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 23738 van Zyl's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.29'}^[17].
• 23738 van Zyl's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2910586'}^[18].
• 23738 van Zyl's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2912818372195053'}^[19].
• 23738 van Zyl's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[20].
• 23738 van Zyl's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.75'}^[21].
• 23738 van Zyl's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.81291'}^[22].
• 23738 van Zyl's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.803423344303597'}^[23].
• 23738 van Zyl's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.17'}^[24].
• 23738 van Zyl's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1156.860073839813'}^[25].
• 23738 van Zyl's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.2883'}^[26].
• 23738 van Zyl's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+41.16181'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

23738 van Zyl's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Japie van Zyl is named after 23738 van Zyl^[6].

Why It Matters

23738 van Zyl ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 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]