48471 Orchiston

Summary

48471 Orchiston is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 48471 Orchiston is credited with the discovery of Lutz D. Schmadel^[3].
• 48471 Orchiston is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[4].
• 48471 Orchiston's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 48471 Orchiston's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Tautenburg^[6].
• 48471 Orchiston's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[7].
• 48471 Orchiston's follows is recorded as (48470) 1991 TC2^[8].
• 48471 Orchiston's followed by is recorded as 48472 Mössbauer^[9].
• 48471 Orchiston's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 48471 Orchiston's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 48471 Orchiston's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XT199^[12].
• 48471 Orchiston's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 TV2^[13].
• 48471 Orchiston's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-10-07T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 48471 Orchiston's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20048471^[15].
• 48471 Orchiston's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 48471 Orchiston's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[17].
• 48471 Orchiston's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1775215077661043'}^[18].
• 48471 Orchiston's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[19].
• 48471 Orchiston's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.64'}^[20].
• 48471 Orchiston's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.2'}^[21].
• 48471 Orchiston's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.202928339735413'}^[22].
• 48471 Orchiston's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1377.388115658268'}^[23].
• 48471 Orchiston's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+356.0'}^[24].
• 48471 Orchiston's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+355.9559906125359'}^[25].
• 48471 Orchiston's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.422731409476839'}^[26].
• 48471 Orchiston's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.852818342199466'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

48471 Orchiston's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

48471 Orchiston ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]