61912 Storrs

Summary

61912 Storrs is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 61912 Storrs is credited with the discovery of Susan D. Benecchi^[3].
• 61912 Storrs is credited with the discovery of Marc Buie^[4].
• 61912 Storrs's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 61912 Storrs's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[6].
• 61912 Storrs's follows is recorded as (61911) 2000 QP244^[7].
• 61912 Storrs's followed by is recorded as 61913 Lanning^[8].
• 61912 Storrs's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 61912 Storrs's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 61912 Storrs's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 DH24^[11].
• 61912 Storrs's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 QC247^[12].
• 61912 Storrs's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-08-27T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 61912 Storrs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cm91z5^[14].
• 61912 Storrs's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20061912^[15].
• 61912 Storrs's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 61912 Storrs's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[17].
• 61912 Storrs's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04717265623595105'}^[18].
• 61912 Storrs's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.1'}^[19].
• 61912 Storrs's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.21'}^[20].
• 61912 Storrs's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.0'}^[21].
• 61912 Storrs's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.008012616873987'}^[22].
• 61912 Storrs's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1645.535857440149'}^[23].
• 61912 Storrs's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+146.5'}^[24].
• 61912 Storrs's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+146.3002295908319'}^[25].
• 61912 Storrs's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.727758696054925'}^[26].
• 61912 Storrs's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.856434319318551'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

61912 Storrs's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

61912 Storrs ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]