28408 van Baalen

Summary

28408 van Baalen is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 28408 van Baalen is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 28408 van Baalen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 28408 van Baalen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 28408 van Baalen's follows is recorded as 28407 Meghanarao^[6].
• 28408 van Baalen's followed by is recorded as (28409) 1999 TQ226^[7].
• 28408 van Baalen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 28408 van Baalen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 28408 van Baalen's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 WW^[10].
• 28408 van Baalen's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TS222^[11].
• 28408 van Baalen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-10-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 28408 van Baalen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20028408^[13].
• 28408 van Baalen's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 28408 van Baalen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}^[15].
• 28408 van Baalen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0335376'}^[16].
• 28408 van Baalen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03624178873861702'}^[17].
• 28408 van Baalen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[18].
• 28408 van Baalen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.55'}^[19].
• 28408 van Baalen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.98405'}^[20].
• 28408 van Baalen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.978200234933482'}^[21].
• 28408 van Baalen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.62'}^[22].
• 28408 van Baalen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1685.453777108078'}^[23].
• 28408 van Baalen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+122.32071'}^[24].
• 28408 van Baalen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+122.1945575393555'}^[25].
• 28408 van Baalen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7722166'}^[26].
• 28408 van Baalen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.771696115678143'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

28408 van Baalen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

28408 van Baalen 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]