27224 Telus

Summary

27224 Telus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 27224 Telus is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 27224 Telus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 27224 Telus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Myriam Telus is named after 27224 Telus^[6].
• 27224 Telus's follows is recorded as (27223) 1999 GC5^[7].
• 27224 Telus's followed by is recorded as (27225) 1999 GB17^[8].
• 27224 Telus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 27224 Telus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 27224 Telus's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 TD7^[11].
• 27224 Telus's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GC9^[12].
• 27224 Telus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-04-10T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 27224 Telus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20027224^[14].
• 27224 Telus's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 27224 Telus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[16].
• 27224 Telus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0871096'}^[17].
• 27224 Telus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08796758185532749'}^[18].
• 27224 Telus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.1'}^[19].
• 27224 Telus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.28'}^[20].
• 27224 Telus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.07500'}^[21].
• 27224 Telus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.080570313644943'}^[22].
• 27224 Telus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.57'}^[23].
• 27224 Telus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1303.112485308001'}^[24].
• 27224 Telus's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+188.33210'}^[25].
• 27224 Telus's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+188.2800616212167'}^[26].
• 27224 Telus's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3357673'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

27224 Telus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Myriam Telus is named after 27224 Telus^[6].

Why It Matters

27224 Telus ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]