10220 Pigott

Summary

10220 Pigott is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10220 Pigott is credited with the discovery of Roy A. Tucker^[3].
• 10220 Pigott's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10220 Pigott's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goodricke-Pigott Observatory^[5].
• Edward Pigott is named after 10220 Pigott^[6].
• 10220 Pigott's follows is recorded as 10219 Penco^[7].
• 10220 Pigott's followed by is recorded as 10221 Kubrick^[8].
• 10220 Pigott's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10220 Pigott's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10220 Pigott's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 UG7^[11].
• 10220 Pigott's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-10-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 10220 Pigott's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7_kd^[13].
• 10220 Pigott's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010220^[14].
• 10220 Pigott's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 10220 Pigott's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[16].
• 10220 Pigott's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1196400'}^[17].
• 10220 Pigott's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1169713178867259'}^[18].
• 10220 Pigott's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[19].
• 10220 Pigott's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.35'}^[20].
• 10220 Pigott's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.37769'}^[21].
• 10220 Pigott's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.37462536812328'}^[22].
• 10220 Pigott's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.41'}^[23].
• 10220 Pigott's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1614.420705453584'}^[24].
• 10220 Pigott's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+337.26591'}^[25].
• 10220 Pigott's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+337.1065234746638'}^[26].
• 10220 Pigott's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6910339'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10220 Pigott's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Edward Pigott is named after 10220 Pigott^[6].

Why It Matters

10220 Pigott ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]