66391 Moshup

Summary

66391 Moshup is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 66391 Moshup is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 66391 Moshup's image is recorded as 1999 KW4 animated.gif^[4].
• 66391 Moshup's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 66391 Moshup's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 66391 Moshup's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 66391 Moshup's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[8].
• Maushop is named after 66391 Moshup^[9].
• 66391 Moshup's follows is recorded as (66390) 1999 KL3^[10].
• 66391 Moshup's followed by is recorded as (66392) 1999 KF10^[11].
• 66391 Moshup's minor planet group is recorded as Aten asteroid^[12].
• 66391 Moshup's Commons category is recorded as 66391 Moshup^[13].
• 66391 Moshup's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 66391 Moshup's child astronomical body is recorded as Squannit^[15].
• 66391 Moshup's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 KW4^[16].
• 66391 Moshup's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-05-20T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 66391 Moshup's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02tkk0^[18].
• 66391 Moshup's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20066391^[19].
• 66391 Moshup's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[20].
• 66391 Moshup's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 66391 Moshup's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.688'}^[22].
• 66391 Moshup's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6883962390342606'}^[23].
• 66391 Moshup's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.5'}^[24].
• 66391 Moshup's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.64'}^[25].
• 66391 Moshup's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.85'}^[26].
• 66391 Moshup's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.65'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[5], near-Earth object^[6], and near-Earth asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Maushop is named after 66391 Moshup^[9].

Why It Matters

66391 Moshup ranks in the top 5% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]