10428 Wanders

Summary

10428 Wanders is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10428 Wanders is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10428 Wanders is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10428 Wanders is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10428 Wanders's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10428 Wanders's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 10428 Wanders's follows is recorded as Q3311^[8].
• 10428 Wanders's followed by is recorded as 10429 van Woerden^[9].
• 10428 Wanders's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 10428 Wanders's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 10428 Wanders's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 TH44^[12].
• 10428 Wanders's provisional designation is recorded as 2073 P-L^[13].
• 10428 Wanders's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 10428 Wanders's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykwb9^[15].
• 10428 Wanders's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010428^[16].
• 10428 Wanders's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 10428 Wanders's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[18].
• 10428 Wanders's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1843620'}^[19].
• 10428 Wanders's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1813426244671401'}^[20].
• 10428 Wanders's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.5'}^[21].
• 10428 Wanders's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.67'}^[22].
• 10428 Wanders's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.84682'}^[23].
• 10428 Wanders's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.852302868100614'}^[24].
• 10428 Wanders's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.11'}^[25].
• 10428 Wanders's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1504.621262590333'}^[26].
• 10428 Wanders's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+213.23048'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10428 Wanders's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

10428 Wanders ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]