31618 Tharakan

Summary

31618 Tharakan is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 31618 Tharakan is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 31618 Tharakan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 31618 Tharakan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 31618 Tharakan followed 31617 Meeraradha^[6].
• 31618 Tharakan was followed by 31619 Jodietinker^[7].
• 31618 Tharakan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 31618 Tharakan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 31618 Tharakan's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 XE3^[10].
• 31618 Tharakan's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GE18^[11].
• 31618 Tharakan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as April 15, 1999^[12].
• 31618 Tharakan's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 31618 Tharakan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[14].
• 31618 Tharakan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0608538'}^[15].
• 31618 Tharakan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06063712698639251'}^[16].
• 31618 Tharakan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[17].
• 31618 Tharakan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.88'}^[18].
• 31618 Tharakan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.16114'}^[19].
• 31618 Tharakan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.155623173638123'}^[20].
• 31618 Tharakan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.38'}^[21].
• 31618 Tharakan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1236.060667904221'}^[22].
• 31618 Tharakan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+73.61661'}^[23].
• 31618 Tharakan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+73.56952003923348'}^[24].
• 31618 Tharakan's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2534517'}^[25].
• 31618 Tharakan's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.254036305332838'}^[26].
• 31618 Tharakan's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.391'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

31618 Tharakan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

31618 Tharakan has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]