127005 Pratchett
asteroid
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Summary
127005 Pratchett is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Joseph A. Dellinger[3], William G. Dillon[4], George Observatory[5]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Needville[6], George Observatory[7]
- Named after: Terry Pratchett[8]
- Follows: (127004) 2002 GW1[9]
- Followed by: (127006) 2002 GR5[10]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[11]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[12]
- Provisional designation: 1999 NV29[13], 2002 GY1[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: April 1, 2002[15]
- Significant event: naming[16]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.20[17], 0.204183854501942[18]
- Absolute magnitude: 16.3[19], 16.42[20]
- Orbital inclination: 7.3 degree[21], 7.278584528743899 degree[22]
- Orbital period: 1322.789546310382 day[23]
- Longitude of ascending node: 128.3 degree[24], 128.2576947341481 degree[25]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.358277377103642 astronomical unit[26]
- Apoapsis: 2.839799541945393 astronomical unit[27]
- Periapsis: 1.87675521226189 astronomical unit[28]
- Argument of periapsis: 143.6 degree[29], 143.3223976141868 degree[30]
- Mean anomaly: 161.3 degree[31], 115.4843330970449 degree[32]
- Diameter: 1.224 km[33]
- Albedo: 0.39[34]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[35]
- Time of periapsis: 2460576.1625872683 Julian day[36]
Why It Matters
127005 Pratchett has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]