66391 Moshup

Summary

66391 Moshup is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 66391 Moshup is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 66391 Moshup's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[4].
• 66391 Moshup's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 66391 Moshup's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 66391 Moshup's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[7].
• Maushop is named after 66391 Moshup^[8].
• 66391 Moshup followed (66390) 1999 KL3^[9].
• 66391 Moshup was followed by (66392) 1999 KF10^[10].
• 66391 Moshup's minor planet group is recorded as Aten asteroid^[11].
• 66391 Moshup's Commons category is recorded as 66391 Moshup^[12].
• 66391 Moshup's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 66391 Moshup's child astronomical body is recorded as Squannit^[14].
• 66391 Moshup's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 KW4^[15].
• 66391 Moshup's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 20, 1999^[16].
• 66391 Moshup's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 66391 Moshup's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 66391 Moshup's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.688'}^[19].
• 66391 Moshup's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6883962390342606'}^[20].
• 66391 Moshup's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.5'}^[21].
• 66391 Moshup's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.64'}^[22].
• 66391 Moshup's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.85'}^[23].
• 66391 Moshup's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.65'}^[24].
• 66391 Moshup's orbital inclination is recorded as {'amount': '+38.891'}^[25].
• 66391 Moshup's orbital inclination is recorded as {'amount': '+38.87966698006115'}^[26].
• 66391 Moshup's density is recorded as {'amount': '+1.974'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Maushop is named after 66391 Moshup^[8].

Why It Matters

66391 Moshup ranks in the top 5% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]