10708 Richardspalding

Summary

10708 Richardspalding is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10708 Richardspalding is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 10708 Richardspalding's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10708 Richardspalding's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 10708 Richardspalding's follows is recorded as 10707 Prunariu^[6].
• 10708 Richardspalding's followed by is recorded as 10709 Ottofranz^[7].
• 10708 Richardspalding's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 10708 Richardspalding's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 10708 Richardspalding's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VW^[10].
• 10708 Richardspalding's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 PN^[11].
• 10708 Richardspalding's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 UE26^[12].
• 10708 Richardspalding's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 SZ8^[13].
• 10708 Richardspalding's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-10-25T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 10708 Richardspalding's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010708^[15].
• 10708 Richardspalding's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 10708 Richardspalding's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[17].
• 10708 Richardspalding's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0771896'}^[18].
• 10708 Richardspalding's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07296229607374877'}^[19].
• 10708 Richardspalding's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[20].
• 10708 Richardspalding's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.98'}^[21].
• 10708 Richardspalding's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.13402'}^[22].
• 10708 Richardspalding's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.134344394134589'}^[23].
• 10708 Richardspalding's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.97'}^[24].
• 10708 Richardspalding's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1815.418842420691'}^[25].
• 10708 Richardspalding's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+100.79841'}^[26].
• 10708 Richardspalding's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+100.752381629667'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10708 Richardspalding's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

10708 Richardspalding ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]