474640 Alicanto

Summary

474640 Alicanto is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 474640 Alicanto is credited with the discovery of Andrew C. Becker^[3].
• 474640 Alicanto's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 474640 Alicanto's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[5].
• 474640 Alicanto's instance of is recorded as possible dwarf planet^[6].
• 474640 Alicanto's instance of is recorded as extreme trans-Neptunian object^[7].
• 474640 Alicanto's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[8].
• Alicanto is named after 474640 Alicanto^[9].
• 474640 Alicanto's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[10].
• 474640 Alicanto's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Alicanto symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 474640 Alicanto's Commons category is recorded as 474640 Alicanto^[12].
• 474640 Alicanto's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 474640 Alicanto's provisional designation is recorded as 2004 VN112^[14].
• 474640 Alicanto's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2004-11-06T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 474640 Alicanto's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qkpv9^[16].
• 474640 Alicanto's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20474640^[17].
• 474640 Alicanto's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 474640 Alicanto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8504'}^[19].
• 474640 Alicanto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8634050922714948'}^[20].
• 474640 Alicanto's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+23.3'}^[21].
• 474640 Alicanto's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.4'}^[22].
• 474640 Alicanto's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.46'}^[23].
• 474640 Alicanto's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.900'}^[24].
• 474640 Alicanto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.52'}^[25].
• 474640 Alicanto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.49988013899859'}^[26].
• 474640 Alicanto's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2358687.762322455'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4], trans-Neptunian object^[5], possible dwarf planet^[6], and extreme trans-Neptunian object^[7].

History and Context

Alicanto is named after 474640 Alicanto^[9].

Why It Matters

474640 Alicanto ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]