33473 Porterfield

Summary

33473 Porterfield is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 33473 Porterfield is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 33473 Porterfield's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 33473 Porterfield's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 33473 Porterfield's follows is recorded as 33472 Yunorperalta^[6].
• 33473 Porterfield's followed by is recorded as (33474) 1999 FB51^[7].
• 33473 Porterfield's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 33473 Porterfield's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 33473 Porterfield's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 UG20^[10].
• 33473 Porterfield's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FZ45^[11].
• 33473 Porterfield's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-03-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 33473 Porterfield's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20033473^[13].
• 33473 Porterfield's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 33473 Porterfield's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[15].
• 33473 Porterfield's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0576940'}^[16].
• 33473 Porterfield's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05703822306442271'}^[17].
• 33473 Porterfield's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[18].
• 33473 Porterfield's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.37'}^[19].
• 33473 Porterfield's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.26604'}^[20].
• 33473 Porterfield's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.261536380319368'}^[21].
• 33473 Porterfield's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.51'}^[22].
• 33473 Porterfield's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1280.353715304306'}^[23].
• 33473 Porterfield's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+312.01582'}^[24].
• 33473 Porterfield's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+311.9616532514787'}^[25].
• 33473 Porterfield's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3080490'}^[26].
• 33473 Porterfield's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.307567211815693'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

33473 Porterfield's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

33473 Porterfield has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]