38628 Huya

Summary

38628 Huya is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.37% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (205 views/month, #15 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 38628 Huya is credited with the discovery of Ignacio Ramón Ferrín Vázquez^[3].
• 38628 Huya's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 38628 Huya's instance of is recorded as possible dwarf planet^[5].
• 38628 Huya's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[6].
• 38628 Huya's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mérida^[7].
• Huya is named after 38628 Huya^[8].
• 38628 Huya followed (38627) 2000 EV119^[9].
• 38628 Huya was followed by (38629) 2000 ER173^[10].
• 38628 Huya's minor planet group is recorded as plutino^[11].
• 38628 Huya's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[12].
• 38628 Huya's Commons category is recorded as 38628 Huya^[13].
• 38628 Huya's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 38628 Huya's child astronomical body is recorded as S/2012 (38628) 1^[15].
• 38628 Huya's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 EB173^[16].
• 38628 Huya's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 10, 2000^[17].
• 38628 Huya's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 38628 Huya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2816992'}^[19].
• 38628 Huya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2834242'}^[20].
• 38628 Huya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2728716065416072'}^[21].
• 38628 Huya's flattening is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[22].
• 38628 Huya's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.8'}^[23].
• 38628 Huya's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.8'}^[24].
• 38628 Huya's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.79'}^[25].
• 38628 Huya's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.96'}^[26].
• 38628 Huya's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+1.2'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4], possible dwarf planet^[5], and trans-Neptunian object^[6].

History and Context

Huya is named after 38628 Huya^[8].

Why It Matters

38628 Huya ranks in the top 0.37% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (205 views/month, #15 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]