31378 Neidinger
asteroid
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Summary
31378 Neidinger is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Experimental Test Site[4]
- Follows: 31377 Kleinwort[5]
- Followed by: (31379) 1998 XX51[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
- Provisional designation: 1992 EK2[9], 1998 XZ50[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: December 14, 1998[11]
- Significant event: naming[12]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.15[13], 0.1508443[14], 0.1486959412894289[15]
- Absolute magnitude: 14.9[16], 15.15[17]
- Orbital inclination: 2.75376 degree[18], 2.749684387681623 degree[19]
- Orbital period: 3.61 years[20], 1321.702931522532 day[21]
- Longitude of ascending node: 29.73760 degree[22], 29.7132749370239 degree[23]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.3553890 astronomical unit[24], 2.356985717850628 astronomical unit[25]
- Apoapsis: 2.711 astronomical unit[26], 2.707459927772168 astronomical unit[27]
- Periapsis: 2.0000921 astronomical unit[28], 2.006511507929089 astronomical unit[29]
- Argument of periapsis: 135.17490 degree[30], 135.6234988016678 degree[31]
- Mean anomaly: 175.46126 degree[32], 108.8623294057387 degree[33]
- Diameter: 2.43 km[34]
- Albedo: 0.36[35]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[36]
- Time of periapsis: 2460600.823166922 Julian day[37]
Why It Matters
31378 Neidinger is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]