25143 Itokawa

Summary

25143 Itokawa is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 25143 Itokawa is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 25143 Itokawa's video is recorded as Artist’s impression of asteroid (25143) Itokawa (eso1405b).webm^[4].
• 25143 Itokawa's image is recorded as Itokawa06 hayabusa.jpg^[5].
• 25143 Itokawa's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[6].
• 25143 Itokawa's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[7].
• 25143 Itokawa's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[8].
• 25143 Itokawa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[9].
• Hideo Itokawa is named after 25143 Itokawa^[10].
• 25143 Itokawa's follows is recorded as Q149349^[11].
• 25143 Itokawa's followed by is recorded as (25144) 1998 SC43^[12].
• 25143 Itokawa's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[13].
• 25143 Itokawa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2007006121^[14].
• 25143 Itokawa's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Itokawa symbol (fixed width).svg^[15].
• 25143 Itokawa's Commons category is recorded as 25143 Itokawa^[16].
• 25143 Itokawa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[17].
• 25143 Itokawa's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SF36^[18].
• 25143 Itokawa's orbit diagram is recorded as 25143-Itokawa-position.png^[19].
• 25143 Itokawa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-09-26T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 25143 Itokawa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02t83z^[21].
• 25143 Itokawa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20025143^[22].
• 25143 Itokawa's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[23].
• 25143 Itokawa's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 25143 Itokawa's significant event is recorded as rendezvous^[25].
• 25143 Itokawa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:25143 Itokawa^[26].
• 25143 Itokawa's Commons gallery is recorded as 25143 Itokawa^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[6], near-Earth object^[7], and near-Earth asteroid^[8].

History and Context

Hideo Itokawa is named after 25143 Itokawa^[10].

Why It Matters

25143 Itokawa ranks in the top 2% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]