44475 Hikarumasai

Summary

44475 Hikarumasai is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 44475 Hikarumasai is credited with the discovery of Roy A. Tucker^[3].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goodricke-Pigott Observatory^[5].
• Hikaru Masai is named after 44475 Hikarumasai^[6].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's follows is recorded as (44474) 1998 WE^[7].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's followed by is recorded as (44476) 1998 WN3^[8].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WF^[11].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 BF4^[12].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-16T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20044475^[14].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.30'}^[16].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3010046275276541'}^[17].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[18].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.84'}^[19].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.9'}^[20].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.895296863111306'}^[21].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1561.45343446729'}^[22].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+131.8'}^[23].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+131.4140026743482'}^[24].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.634028119377301'}^[25].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.426882772347833'}^[26].
• 44475 Hikarumasai's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.841173466406769'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

44475 Hikarumasai's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Hikaru Masai is named after 44475 Hikarumasai^[6].

Why It Matters

44475 Hikarumasai ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]