5663 McKeegan

Summary

5663 McKeegan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5663 McKeegan is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 5663 McKeegan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5663 McKeegan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• 5663 McKeegan's follows is recorded as 5662 Wendycalvin^[6].
• 5663 McKeegan's followed by is recorded as 5664 Eugster^[7].
• 5663 McKeegan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 5663 McKeegan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 5663 McKeegan's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EQ12^[10].
• 5663 McKeegan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-01T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 5663 McKeegan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7dt7^[12].
• 5663 McKeegan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005663^[13].
• 5663 McKeegan's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 5663 McKeegan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.27'}^[15].
• 5663 McKeegan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2699751'}^[16].
• 5663 McKeegan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2700196505067359'}^[17].
• 5663 McKeegan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[18].
• 5663 McKeegan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.96'}^[19].
• 5663 McKeegan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.45133'}^[20].
• 5663 McKeegan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.455292266529605'}^[21].
• 5663 McKeegan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.69'}^[22].
• 5663 McKeegan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1348.71027466468'}^[23].
• 5663 McKeegan's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.769'}^[24].
• 5663 McKeegan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+240.15651'}^[25].
• 5663 McKeegan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+240.1060695874495'}^[26].
• 5663 McKeegan's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3896882'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5663 McKeegan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

5663 McKeegan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]