40328 Dow

Summary

40328 Dow is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 40328 Dow is credited with the discovery of David Healy^[3].
• 40328 Dow is credited with the discovery of Jeffrey S. Medkeff^[4].
• 40328 Dow's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 40328 Dow's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Junk Bond Observatory^[6].
• 40328 Dow's follows is recorded as (40327) 1999 MB^[7].
• 40328 Dow's followed by is recorded as (40329) 1999 ML^[8].
• 40328 Dow's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 40328 Dow's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 40328 Dow's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 PM^[11].
• 40328 Dow's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 MK^[12].
• 40328 Dow's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-06-20T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 40328 Dow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1h2_^[14].
• 40328 Dow's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20040328^[15].
• 40328 Dow's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 40328 Dow's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[17].
• 40328 Dow's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1694793199950692'}^[18].
• 40328 Dow's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[19].
• 40328 Dow's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.54'}^[20].
• 40328 Dow's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.6'}^[21].
• 40328 Dow's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.624743803959778'}^[22].
• 40328 Dow's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1217.968334889065'}^[23].
• 40328 Dow's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+245.3'}^[24].
• 40328 Dow's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+245.2403803922973'}^[25].
• 40328 Dow's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.231987272401746'}^[26].
• 40328 Dow's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.610262957566043'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

40328 Dow's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

40328 Dow ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]