10647 Meesters

Summary

10647 Meesters is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10647 Meesters is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10647 Meesters is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10647 Meesters is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10647 Meesters's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10647 Meesters's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 10647 Meesters's follows is recorded as 10646 Machielalberts^[8].
• 10647 Meesters's followed by is recorded as 10648 Plancius^[9].
• 10647 Meesters's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 10647 Meesters's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 10647 Meesters's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 UM2^[12].
• 10647 Meesters's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 CD7^[13].
• 10647 Meesters's provisional designation is recorded as 3074 P-L^[14].
• 10647 Meesters's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-25T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 10647 Meesters's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7f1v^[16].
• 10647 Meesters's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010647^[17].
• 10647 Meesters's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 10647 Meesters's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[19].
• 10647 Meesters's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0440332'}^[20].
• 10647 Meesters's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04832591380302927'}^[21].
• 10647 Meesters's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[22].
• 10647 Meesters's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[23].
• 10647 Meesters's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.45163'}^[24].
• 10647 Meesters's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.46543519437627'}^[25].
• 10647 Meesters's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.12'}^[26].
• 10647 Meesters's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1871.520426882897'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10647 Meesters's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

10647 Meesters 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 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]