10639 Gleason

Summary

10639 Gleason is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10639 Gleason is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 10639 Gleason's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10639 Gleason's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• 10639 Gleason's follows is recorded as 10638 McGlothlin^[6].
• 10639 Gleason's followed by is recorded as 10640 Varunkumar^[7].
• 10639 Gleason's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 10639 Gleason's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 10639 Gleason's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 LY^[10].
• 10639 Gleason's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FX77^[11].
• 10639 Gleason's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VV41^[12].
• 10639 Gleason's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-14T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 10639 Gleason's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2sdc^[14].
• 10639 Gleason's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010639^[15].
• 10639 Gleason's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 10639 Gleason's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[17].
• 10639 Gleason's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1566988'}^[18].
• 10639 Gleason's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1566255776083192'}^[19].
• 10639 Gleason's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[20].
• 10639 Gleason's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.37'}^[21].
• 10639 Gleason's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.75810'}^[22].
• 10639 Gleason's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.760147909416631'}^[23].
• 10639 Gleason's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.25'}^[24].
• 10639 Gleason's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1188.775135229735'}^[25].
• 10639 Gleason's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+249.27047'}^[26].
• 10639 Gleason's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+249.2078192798157'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10639 Gleason's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

10639 Gleason ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]