540413 Nikzad

Summary

540413 Nikzad is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 540413 Nikzad is credited with the discovery of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer^[3].
• 540413 Nikzad's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 540413 Nikzad's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Wise Observatory^[5].
• 540413 Nikzad's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[6].
• 540413 Nikzad's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 540413 Nikzad's provisional designation is recorded as 2017 SU55^[8].
• 540413 Nikzad's provisional designation is recorded as 2010 CB240^[9].
• 540413 Nikzad's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2010-02-02T00:00:00Z^[10].
• 540413 Nikzad's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20540413^[11].
• 540413 Nikzad's significant event is recorded as naming^[12].
• 540413 Nikzad's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1408268040053004'}^[13].
• 540413 Nikzad's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.67'}^[14].
• 540413 Nikzad's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.264577927813814'}^[15].
• 540413 Nikzad's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1505.086247634796'}^[16].
• 540413 Nikzad's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+143.3622112094726'}^[17].
• 540413 Nikzad's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.570249640568307'}^[18].
• 540413 Nikzad's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.932209682945314'}^[19].
• 540413 Nikzad's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2082895981913'}^[20].
• 540413 Nikzad's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+293.3806594838887'}^[21].
• 540413 Nikzad's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+298.5018988350536'}^[22].
• 540413 Nikzad's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+1.903'}^[23].
• 540413 Nikzad's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.028'}^[24].
• 540413 Nikzad's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 540413^[25].
• 540413 Nikzad's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[26].
• 540413 Nikzad's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461257.6109619974'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

540413 Nikzad's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

540413 Nikzad ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]