10253 Westerwald

Summary

10253 Westerwald is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 10253 Westerwald is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10253 Westerwald is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10253 Westerwald is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10253 Westerwald's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10253 Westerwald's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Westerwald is named after 10253 Westerwald^[8].
• 10253 Westerwald followed 10252 Heidigraf^[9].
• 10253 Westerwald was followed by 10254 Hunsrück^[10].
• 10253 Westerwald's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 10253 Westerwald's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 10253 Westerwald's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 AN3^[13].
• 10253 Westerwald's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 CE4^[14].
• 10253 Westerwald's provisional designation is recorded as 2116 T-2^[15].
• 10253 Westerwald's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 10253 Westerwald's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 10253 Westerwald's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[18].
• 10253 Westerwald's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1508559'}^[19].
• 10253 Westerwald's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1495450533156707'}^[20].
• 10253 Westerwald's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.2'}^[21].
• 10253 Westerwald's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.29'}^[22].
• 10253 Westerwald's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.37872'}^[23].
• 10253 Westerwald's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.3777948143134258'}^[24].
• 10253 Westerwald's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.48'}^[25].
• 10253 Westerwald's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1270.80713903113'}^[26].
• 10253 Westerwald's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+53.38734'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

10253 Westerwald's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Origins

Westerwald is named after 10253 Westerwald^[8].

Why It Matters

10253 Westerwald has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]