28117 Mort

Summary

28117 Mort is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 28117 Mort is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 28117 Mort's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 28117 Mort's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Greg Mort is named after 28117 Mort^[6].
• 28117 Mort followed 28116 Kunovac^[7].
• 28117 Mort was followed by 28118 Vaux^[8].
• 28117 Mort's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 28117 Mort's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 28117 Mort's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SK57^[11].
• 28117 Mort's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AP40^[12].
• 28117 Mort's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 17, 1998^[13].
• 28117 Mort's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 28117 Mort's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[15].
• 28117 Mort's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1004976'}^[16].
• 28117 Mort's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1012914673146178'}^[17].
• 28117 Mort's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[18].
• 28117 Mort's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.22'}^[19].
• 28117 Mort's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.46123'}^[20].
• 28117 Mort's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.462951270744238'}^[21].
• 28117 Mort's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.31'}^[22].
• 28117 Mort's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1208.302457503264'}^[23].
• 28117 Mort's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.99352'}^[24].
• 28117 Mort's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.94132606728533'}^[25].
• 28117 Mort's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2206373'}^[26].
• 28117 Mort's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.220162798589229'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

28117 Mort's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Greg Mort is named after 28117 Mort^[6].

Why It Matters

28117 Mort has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]