2023 KQ14
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Summary
2023 KQ14 is a Sednoid[1]. It draws 838 Wikipedia views per month (sednoid category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Subaru Telescope[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Mauna Kea Observatories[4]
- Minor planet group: extreme trans-Neptunian object[5], Sednoid[6]
- Commons category: 2023 KQ14[7]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
- Provisional designation: 2023 KQ14[9]
- Time of discovery or invention: May 16, 2023[10]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.7322181934522265[11]
- Apparent magnitude: 25.4[12]
- Absolute magnitude: 6.77[13]
- Color index: 0.87[14], 0.36[15]
- Orbital inclination: 11.00610609198634 degree[16]
- Orbital period: 3998 years[17]
- Longitude of ascending node: 72.07281068474596 degree[18]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 246.0776898010749 astronomical unit[19]
- Apoapsis: 438.1 astronomical unit[20]
- Periapsis: 65.89512832603447 astronomical unit[21]
- Mean anomaly: 356.56 degree[22]
- Diameter: 220 km[23], 380 km[24]
Why It Matters
2023 KQ14 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]