28621 Marcfries

Summary

28621 Marcfries is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 28621 Marcfries is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 28621 Marcfries's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 28621 Marcfries's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 28621 Marcfries followed 28620 Anicia^[6].
• 28621 Marcfries was followed by 28622 Gabadirwe^[7].
• 28621 Marcfries's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 28621 Marcfries's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 28621 Marcfries's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 ET^[10].
• 28621 Marcfries's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VF22^[11].
• 28621 Marcfries's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 FZ28^[12].
• 28621 Marcfries's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 27, 2000^[13].
• 28621 Marcfries's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 28621 Marcfries's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01'}^[15].
• 28621 Marcfries's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0118521'}^[16].
• 28621 Marcfries's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01299953734505015'}^[17].
• 28621 Marcfries's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[18].
• 28621 Marcfries's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.55'}^[19].
• 28621 Marcfries's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.26325'}^[20].
• 28621 Marcfries's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.261541125504902'}^[21].
• 28621 Marcfries's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.37'}^[22].
• 28621 Marcfries's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1228.624959638194'}^[23].
• 28621 Marcfries's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+316.65213'}^[24].
• 28621 Marcfries's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+316.6119157622279'}^[25].
• 28621 Marcfries's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2455905'}^[26].
• 28621 Marcfries's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.244987555552216'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

28621 Marcfries's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

28621 Marcfries 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 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]