28667 Whithagins

Summary

28667 Whithagins is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 28667 Whithagins is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 28667 Whithagins's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 28667 Whithagins's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 28667 Whithagins's follows is recorded as 28666 Trudygessler^[6].
• 28667 Whithagins's followed by is recorded as (28668) 2000 GF54^[7].
• 28667 Whithagins's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 28667 Whithagins's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 28667 Whithagins's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 SJ22^[10].
• 28667 Whithagins's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 GW53^[11].
• 28667 Whithagins's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-04-05T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 28667 Whithagins's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20028667^[13].
• 28667 Whithagins's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 28667 Whithagins's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[15].
• 28667 Whithagins's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1170056'}^[16].
• 28667 Whithagins's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1147480986344816'}^[17].
• 28667 Whithagins's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[18].
• 28667 Whithagins's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.36'}^[19].
• 28667 Whithagins's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.20293'}^[20].
• 28667 Whithagins's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.198679722717961'}^[21].
• 28667 Whithagins's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.65'}^[22].
• 28667 Whithagins's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1697.654989735641'}^[23].
• 28667 Whithagins's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+42.64302'}^[24].
• 28667 Whithagins's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+42.55600226208255'}^[25].
• 28667 Whithagins's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7863349'}^[26].
• 28667 Whithagins's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.785056467110641'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

28667 Whithagins's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

28667 Whithagins ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]