24761 Ahau

Summary

24761 Ahau is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 24761 Ahau is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 24761 Ahau is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 24761 Ahau's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 24761 Ahau's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 24761 Ahau's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 24761 Ahau's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Kinich Ahau is named after 24761 Ahau^[9].
• 24761 Ahau's follows is recorded as (24760) 1992 YY1^[10].
• 24761 Ahau's followed by is recorded as (24762) 1993 DE1^[11].
• 24761 Ahau's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[12].
• 24761 Ahau's Commons category is recorded as 24761 Ahau^[13].
• 24761 Ahau's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 24761 Ahau's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 BW2^[15].
• 24761 Ahau's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-01-28T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 24761 Ahau's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0nxk^[17].
• 24761 Ahau's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20024761^[18].
• 24761 Ahau's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 24761 Ahau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3059'}^[20].
• 24761 Ahau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3059148'}^[21].
• 24761 Ahau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3057636799308876'}^[22].
• 24761 Ahau's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.3'}^[23].
• 24761 Ahau's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.37'}^[24].
• 24761 Ahau's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.91927'}^[25].
• 24761 Ahau's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.92454372133235'}^[26].
• 24761 Ahau's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1.54'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5], near-Earth object^[6], and near-Earth asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Kinich Ahau is named after 24761 Ahau^[9].

Why It Matters

24761 Ahau has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]