57901 Hitchens

Summary

57901 Hitchens is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 57901 Hitchens is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 57901 Hitchens's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 57901 Hitchens's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 57901 Hitchens's follows is recorded as (57900) 2002 CY239^[6].
• 57901 Hitchens's followed by is recorded as (57902) 2002 CR307^[7].
• 57901 Hitchens's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 57901 Hitchens's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 57901 Hitchens's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 NQ5^[10].
• 57901 Hitchens's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 CH275^[11].
• 57901 Hitchens's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-02-09T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 57901 Hitchens's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hr95lp^[13].
• 57901 Hitchens's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20057901^[14].
• 57901 Hitchens's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 57901 Hitchens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[16].
• 57901 Hitchens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1480262840242028'}^[17].
• 57901 Hitchens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[18].
• 57901 Hitchens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.87'}^[19].
• 57901 Hitchens's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.2'}^[20].
• 57901 Hitchens's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.19831713700272'}^[21].
• 57901 Hitchens's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1600.219879811245'}^[22].
• 57901 Hitchens's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+322.5'}^[23].
• 57901 Hitchens's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+322.3125149354016'}^[24].
• 57901 Hitchens's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.677446631915012'}^[25].
• 57901 Hitchens's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.073779107510509'}^[26].
• 57901 Hitchens's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.281114156319515'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

57901 Hitchens's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

57901 Hitchens ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]