28987 Assafin

Summary

28987 Assafin is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 28987 Assafin is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 28987 Assafin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 28987 Assafin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 28987 Assafin's follows is recorded as (28986) 2001 MG13^[6].
• 28987 Assafin's followed by is recorded as (28988) 2001 MS23^[7].
• 28987 Assafin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 28987 Assafin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 28987 Assafin's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 LM3^[10].
• 28987 Assafin's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 UX21^[11].
• 28987 Assafin's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 MP14^[12].
• 28987 Assafin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-06-28T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 28987 Assafin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20028987^[14].
• 28987 Assafin's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 28987 Assafin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[16].
• 28987 Assafin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1186861'}^[17].
• 28987 Assafin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1186489743605059'}^[18].
• 28987 Assafin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.2'}^[19].
• 28987 Assafin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.1'}^[20].
• 28987 Assafin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.27'}^[21].
• 28987 Assafin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.45559'}^[22].
• 28987 Assafin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.455333665950727'}^[23].
• 28987 Assafin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.33'}^[24].
• 28987 Assafin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1215.31216130027'}^[25].
• 28987 Assafin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+253.28899'}^[26].
• 28987 Assafin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+253.2076615849665'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

28987 Assafin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

28987 Assafin has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]