77870 MOTESS
asteroid
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Summary
77870 MOTESS is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Charles W. Juels[3], Paulo R. Holvorcem[4]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Fountain Hills Observatory[5]
- Follows: Q15190496[6]
- Followed by: Q15190497[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1999 CG127[10], 2001 SM[11]
- Time of discovery or invention: September 16, 2001[12]
- Significant event: naming[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.10[14], 0.1038101618402138[15]
- Absolute magnitude: 13.1[16], 13.3[17]
- Orbital inclination: 17.1 degree[18], 17.06553774441464 degree[19]
- Orbital period: 1773.627901065268 day[20]
- Longitude of ascending node: 24.41209479991091 degree[21]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.867539375673451 astronomical unit[22]
- Apoapsis: 3.165219102345298 astronomical unit[23]
- Periapsis: 2.569859649001605 astronomical unit[24]
- Argument of periapsis: 277.5 degree[25], 276.2635694654776 degree[26]
- Mean anomaly: 350.4 degree[27], 43.11480933520894 degree[28]
- Diameter: 14.739 km[29]
- Albedo: 0.051[30]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[31]
- Time of periapsis: 2460788.084364483 Julian day[32]
Why It Matters
77870 MOTESS is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]