98943 Torifune

Summary

98943 Torifune is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.85% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month, #35 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 98943 Torifune is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 98943 Torifune's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 98943 Torifune's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 98943 Torifune's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[6].
• 98943 Torifune's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[7].
• 98943 Torifune's follows is recorded as (98942) 2001 CP20^[8].
• 98943 Torifune's followed by is recorded as (98944) 2001 CM21^[9].
• 98943 Torifune's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[10].
• 98943 Torifune's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 98943 Torifune's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 CC21^[12].
• 98943 Torifune's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 VE13^[13].
• 98943 Torifune's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-02-03T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 98943 Torifune's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20098943^[15].
• 98943 Torifune's asteroid spectral type is recorded as L-type asteroid^[16].
• 98943 Torifune's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 98943 Torifune's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.219'}^[18].
• 98943 Torifune's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2192368162800225'}^[19].
• 98943 Torifune's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.71'}^[20].
• 98943 Torifune's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.807826627108836'}^[21].
• 98943 Torifune's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+383.1089623623494'}^[22].
• 98943 Torifune's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.0159'}^[23].
• 98943 Torifune's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+75.4453011753504'}^[24].
• 98943 Torifune's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.032323760358792'}^[25].
• 98943 Torifune's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.258647134950074'}^[26].
• 98943 Torifune's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.8060003857675092'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

Why It Matters

98943 Torifune ranks in the top 0.85% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month, #35 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]