10900 Folkner

Summary

10900 Folkner is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10900 Folkner is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi^[3].
• 10900 Folkner's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10900 Folkner's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory^[5].
• William Folkner is named after 10900 Folkner^[6].
• 10900 Folkner's follows is recorded as (10899) 1997 WN13^[7].
• 10900 Folkner's followed by is recorded as (10901) 1997 WS21^[8].
• 10900 Folkner's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10900 Folkner's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10900 Folkner's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 UT^[11].
• 10900 Folkner's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 FL3^[12].
• 10900 Folkner's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 TU11^[13].
• 10900 Folkner's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WF21^[14].
• 10900 Folkner's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-30T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 10900 Folkner's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c3x1gj^[16].
• 10900 Folkner's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010900^[17].
• 10900 Folkner's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 10900 Folkner's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[19].
• 10900 Folkner's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1730083'}^[20].
• 10900 Folkner's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1743046622425586'}^[21].
• 10900 Folkner's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[22].
• 10900 Folkner's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.76'}^[23].
• 10900 Folkner's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.34024'}^[24].
• 10900 Folkner's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.339465450293078'}^[25].
• 10900 Folkner's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.76'}^[26].
• 10900 Folkner's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1373.179551221222'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10900 Folkner's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

William Folkner is named after 10900 Folkner^[6].

Why It Matters

10900 Folkner ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]