23955 Nishikota

Summary

23955 Nishikota is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 23955 Nishikota is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 23955 Nishikota's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 23955 Nishikota's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 23955 Nishikota's follows is recorded as (23954) 1998 UT35^[6].
• 23955 Nishikota's followed by is recorded as (23956) 1998 VD9^[7].
• 23955 Nishikota's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 23955 Nishikota's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 23955 Nishikota's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 UO44^[10].
• 23955 Nishikota's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XD258^[11].
• 23955 Nishikota's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-10-18T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 23955 Nishikota's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023955^[13].
• 23955 Nishikota's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 23955 Nishikota's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[15].
• 23955 Nishikota's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1134706'}^[16].
• 23955 Nishikota's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1119238042575114'}^[17].
• 23955 Nishikota's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[18].
• 23955 Nishikota's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.83'}^[19].
• 23955 Nishikota's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.41226'}^[20].
• 23955 Nishikota's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.407809057017879'}^[21].
• 23955 Nishikota's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.36'}^[22].
• 23955 Nishikota's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1954.938189089073'}^[23].
• 23955 Nishikota's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+37.40392'}^[24].
• 23955 Nishikota's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+37.35145594129499'}^[25].
• 23955 Nishikota's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0615563'}^[26].
• 23955 Nishikota's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.059776718102165'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

23955 Nishikota's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

23955 Nishikota ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]