54963 Sotin

Summary

54963 Sotin is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 54963 Sotin is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[3].
• 54963 Sotin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 54963 Sotin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 54963 Sotin's follows is recorded as (54962) 2001 PH12^[6].
• 54963 Sotin's followed by is recorded as (54964) 2001 PF27^[7].
• 54963 Sotin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 54963 Sotin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 54963 Sotin's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 NP1^[10].
• 54963 Sotin's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 PS12^[11].
• 54963 Sotin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-08-12T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 54963 Sotin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20054963^[13].
• 54963 Sotin's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 54963 Sotin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[15].
• 54963 Sotin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1770018721196918'}^[16].
• 54963 Sotin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[17].
• 54963 Sotin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.73'}^[18].
• 54963 Sotin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.4'}^[19].
• 54963 Sotin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.369169136286878'}^[20].
• 54963 Sotin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1683.888627159413'}^[21].
• 54963 Sotin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+105.3'}^[22].
• 54963 Sotin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+105.1237264700757'}^[23].
• 54963 Sotin's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.769979944131603'}^[24].
• 54963 Sotin's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.260271579976896'}^[25].
• 54963 Sotin's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.27968830828631'}^[26].
• 54963 Sotin's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+256.3'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

54963 Sotin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

54963 Sotin has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]