11240 Piso

Summary

11240 Piso is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11240 Piso is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 11240 Piso is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 11240 Piso is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 11240 Piso's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 11240 Piso's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Willem Piso is named after 11240 Piso^[8].
• 11240 Piso's follows is recorded as 11239 Marcgraf^[9].
• 11240 Piso's followed by is recorded as 11241 Eckhout^[10].
• 11240 Piso's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 11240 Piso's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 11240 Piso's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JC27^[13].
• 11240 Piso's provisional designation is recorded as 4175 P-L^[14].
• 11240 Piso's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 11240 Piso's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7_ys^[16].
• 11240 Piso's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011240^[17].
• 11240 Piso's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 11240 Piso's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[19].
• 11240 Piso's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1092291'}^[20].
• 11240 Piso's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1099687147891358'}^[21].
• 11240 Piso's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[22].
• 11240 Piso's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.34'}^[23].
• 11240 Piso's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.35594'}^[24].
• 11240 Piso's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.354918774498595'}^[25].
• 11240 Piso's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.35'}^[26].
• 11240 Piso's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1221.696038828534'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11240 Piso's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Willem Piso is named after 11240 Piso^[8].

Why It Matters

11240 Piso ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 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]