15899 Silvain

Summary

15899 Silvain is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15899 Silvain is credited with the discovery of Pierre Antonini^[3].
• 15899 Silvain's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15899 Silvain's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Observatoire de Bédoin^[5].
• 15899 Silvain's follows is recorded as 15898 Kharasterteam^[6].
• 15899 Silvain's followed by is recorded as (15900) 1997 RK3^[7].
• 15899 Silvain's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 15899 Silvain's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 15899 Silvain's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 HO8^[10].
• 15899 Silvain's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 FQ23^[11].
• 15899 Silvain's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 RR1^[12].
• 15899 Silvain's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-09-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 15899 Silvain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yglcy^[14].
• 15899 Silvain's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015899^[15].
• 15899 Silvain's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 15899 Silvain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[17].
• 15899 Silvain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0879299'}^[18].
• 15899 Silvain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08834771089978732'}^[19].
• 15899 Silvain's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[20].
• 15899 Silvain's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.52'}^[21].
• 15899 Silvain's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.32830'}^[22].
• 15899 Silvain's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.326715136893994'}^[23].
• 15899 Silvain's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.26'}^[24].
• 15899 Silvain's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1191.523667503249'}^[25].
• 15899 Silvain's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+66.92297'}^[26].
• 15899 Silvain's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+66.89944639530512'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15899 Silvain's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

15899 Silvain ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]