66583 Nicandra

Summary

66583 Nicandra is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 66583 Nicandra is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 66583 Nicandra's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 66583 Nicandra's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Socorro^[5].
• 66583 Nicandra's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[6].
• Nicandra is named after 66583 Nicandra^[7].
• Nicandra physalodes is named after 66583 Nicandra^[8].
• 66583 Nicandra's follows is recorded as (66582) 1999 RZ155^[9].
• 66583 Nicandra's followed by is recorded as (66584) 1999 RM161^[10].
• 66583 Nicandra's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 66583 Nicandra's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 66583 Nicandra's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 DJ105^[13].
• 66583 Nicandra's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RL156^[14].
• 66583 Nicandra's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 SJ11^[15].
• 66583 Nicandra's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-09T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 66583 Nicandra's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20066583^[17].
• 66583 Nicandra's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 66583 Nicandra's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.25'}^[19].
• 66583 Nicandra's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2439689208839491'}^[20].
• 66583 Nicandra's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[21].
• 66583 Nicandra's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.33'}^[22].
• 66583 Nicandra's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.6'}^[23].
• 66583 Nicandra's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.604824963808029'}^[24].
• 66583 Nicandra's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1562.334630564135'}^[25].
• 66583 Nicandra's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.457'}^[26].
• 66583 Nicandra's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+198.4'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

66583 Nicandra's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Nicandra^[7], a taxon^[28] and Nicandra physalodes^[8], a taxon^[29].

Why It Matters

66583 Nicandra ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]