11017 Billputnam

Summary

11017 Billputnam is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11017 Billputnam is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 11017 Billputnam's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 11017 Billputnam's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• William Lowell Putnam III is named after 11017 Billputnam^[6].
• 11017 Billputnam's follows is recorded as 11016 Borisov^[7].
• 11017 Billputnam's followed by is recorded as (11018) 1983 CZ2^[8].
• 11017 Billputnam's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 11017 Billputnam's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 11017 Billputnam's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 DW1^[11].
• 11017 Billputnam's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 KE1^[12].
• 11017 Billputnam's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 BD^[13].
• 11017 Billputnam's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 AQ21^[14].
• 11017 Billputnam's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-01-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 11017 Billputnam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0_pt^[16].
• 11017 Billputnam's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011017^[17].
• 11017 Billputnam's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 11017 Billputnam's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[19].
• 11017 Billputnam's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1563459'}^[20].
• 11017 Billputnam's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1572928944672032'}^[21].
• 11017 Billputnam's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.3'}^[22].
• 11017 Billputnam's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.43'}^[23].
• 11017 Billputnam's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.18379'}^[24].
• 11017 Billputnam's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.1879225448912'}^[25].
• 11017 Billputnam's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.59'}^[26].
• 11017 Billputnam's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1676.353943781001'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11017 Billputnam's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

William Lowell Putnam III is named after 11017 Billputnam^[6].

Why It Matters

11017 Billputnam ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 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]