24643 MacCready

Summary

24643 MacCready is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 24643 MacCready is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 24643 MacCready is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 24643 MacCready's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 24643 MacCready's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Paul MacCready is named after 24643 MacCready^[7].
• 24643 MacCready's follows is recorded as (24642) 1984 SA^[8].
• 24643 MacCready's followed by is recorded as (24644) 1985 DA^[9].
• 24643 MacCready's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[10].
• 24643 MacCready's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 24643 MacCready's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 SS^[12].
• 24643 MacCready's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 OA7^[13].
• 24643 MacCready's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1984-09-28T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 24643 MacCready's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y77yt^[15].
• 24643 MacCready's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20024643^[16].
• 24643 MacCready's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 24643 MacCready's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.30'}^[18].
• 24643 MacCready's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2957029'}^[19].
• 24643 MacCready's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2960902642696262'}^[20].
• 24643 MacCready's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.9'}^[21].
• 24643 MacCready's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.01'}^[22].
• 24643 MacCready's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+23.30219'}^[23].
• 24643 MacCready's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+23.30045022823106'}^[24].
• 24643 MacCready's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.54'}^[25].
• 24643 MacCready's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1291.694477533431'}^[26].
• 24643 MacCready's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+2.8291'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1929–2021^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32] and Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4], an astronomer^[33], 1928–1997^[34], of United States^[35], awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal^[36], specialised in geology^[37].

Why It Matters

24643 MacCready has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]