306367 Nut

Summary

306367 Nut is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 306367 Nut is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 306367 Nut is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 306367 Nut is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 306367 Nut's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 306367 Nut's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[7].
• 306367 Nut's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• 306367 Nut's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[9].
• 306367 Nut's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 306367 Nut's provisional designation is recorded as 5025 P-L^[11].
• 306367 Nut's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 22, 1960^[12].
• 306367 Nut's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 306367 Nut's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.742769'}^[14].
• 306367 Nut's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.740720875902062'}^[15].
• 306367 Nut's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.76'}^[16].
• 306367 Nut's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.65'}^[17].
• 306367 Nut's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.771896'}^[18].
• 306367 Nut's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.764717030354998'}^[19].
• 306367 Nut's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1477.822505334843'}^[20].
• 306367 Nut's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+346.250668'}^[21].
• 306367 Nut's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+346.2176294569487'}^[22].
• 306367 Nut's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.539116139997335'}^[23].
• 306367 Nut's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.419892471233225'}^[24].
• 306367 Nut's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.6583398087614464'}^[25].
• 306367 Nut's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+152.773692'}^[26].
• 306367 Nut's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+152.8386975760873'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[6] and near-Earth object^[7].

Why It Matters

306367 Nut ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]