28245 Cruise

Summary

28245 Cruise is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 28245 Cruise is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 28245 Cruise's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 28245 Cruise's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 28245 Cruise followed (28244) 1999 AL31^[6].
• 28245 Cruise was followed by (28246) 1999 BW1^[7].
• 28245 Cruise's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 28245 Cruise's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 28245 Cruise's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 AV37^[10].
• 28245 Cruise's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 KS62^[11].
• 28245 Cruise's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 14, 1999^[12].
• 28245 Cruise's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 28245 Cruise's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[14].
• 28245 Cruise's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1300333'}^[15].
• 28245 Cruise's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1335183065398724'}^[16].
• 28245 Cruise's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[17].
• 28245 Cruise's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[18].
• 28245 Cruise's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.28542'}^[19].
• 28245 Cruise's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.30483584380545'}^[20].
• 28245 Cruise's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.5'}^[21].
• 28245 Cruise's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1642.770909317053'}^[22].
• 28245 Cruise's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+125.97145'}^[23].
• 28245 Cruise's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+125.8546573198056'}^[24].
• 28245 Cruise's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7270392'}^[25].
• 28245 Cruise's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.724702255011738'}^[26].
• 28245 Cruise's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.082'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

28245 Cruise's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

28245 Cruise 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 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]