11833 Dixon

Summary

11833 Dixon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11833 Dixon is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 11833 Dixon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 11833 Dixon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• 11833 Dixon's follows is recorded as 11832 Pustylnik^[6].
• 11833 Dixon's followed by is recorded as (11834) 1985 RQ3^[7].
• 11833 Dixon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 11833 Dixon's minor planet group is recorded as inner asteroid belt^[9].
• 11833 Dixon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 11833 Dixon's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 RW^[11].
• 11833 Dixon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-09-13T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 11833 Dixon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1f_s^[13].
• 11833 Dixon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011833^[14].
• 11833 Dixon's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 11833 Dixon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[16].
• 11833 Dixon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0754053'}^[17].
• 11833 Dixon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07520744951067458'}^[18].
• 11833 Dixon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[19].
• 11833 Dixon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.43'}^[20].
• 11833 Dixon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.15478'}^[21].
• 11833 Dixon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.14991221651747'}^[22].
• 11833 Dixon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.75'}^[23].
• 11833 Dixon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1004.352018261129'}^[24].
• 11833 Dixon's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.595'}^[25].
• 11833 Dixon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+241.28143'}^[26].
• 11833 Dixon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+241.2245071282439'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11833 Dixon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

11833 Dixon 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]