28118 Vaux

Summary

28118 Vaux is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 28118 Vaux is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 28118 Vaux's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 28118 Vaux's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 28118 Vaux's follows is recorded as 28117 Mort^[6].
• 28118 Vaux's followed by is recorded as (28119) 1998 SX71^[7].
• 28118 Vaux's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 28118 Vaux's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 28118 Vaux's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 GJ^[10].
• 28118 Vaux's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SR57^[11].
• 28118 Vaux's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-09-17T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 28118 Vaux's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20028118^[13].
• 28118 Vaux's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 28118 Vaux's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[15].
• 28118 Vaux's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2087223'}^[16].
• 28118 Vaux's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2094624657995487'}^[17].
• 28118 Vaux's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.8'}^[18].
• 28118 Vaux's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.98'}^[19].
• 28118 Vaux's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.01918'}^[20].
• 28118 Vaux's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.015941144668641'}^[21].
• 28118 Vaux's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.18'}^[22].
• 28118 Vaux's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1161.831601128177'}^[23].
• 28118 Vaux's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+47.18764'}^[24].
• 28118 Vaux's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+47.10780509567207'}^[25].
• 28118 Vaux's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.1630699'}^[26].
• 28118 Vaux's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.162867120658051'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

28118 Vaux's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

28118 Vaux ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]