138445 Westenburger

Summary

138445 Westenburger is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 138445 Westenburger is credited with the discovery of Jens Kandler^[3].
• 138445 Westenburger's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 138445 Westenburger's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Drebach Observatory^[5].
• Carl-Heinz Westenburger is named after 138445 Westenburger^[6].
• 138445 Westenburger's follows is recorded as (138444) 2000 JS1^[7].
• 138445 Westenburger's followed by is recorded as (138446) 2000 JP4^[8].
• 138445 Westenburger's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 138445 Westenburger's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 138445 Westenburger's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 JF2^[11].
• 138445 Westenburger's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 TB147^[12].
• 138445 Westenburger's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-05-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 138445 Westenburger's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20138445^[14].
• 138445 Westenburger's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 138445 Westenburger's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[16].
• 138445 Westenburger's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.142237434928457'}^[17].
• 138445 Westenburger's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.5'}^[18].
• 138445 Westenburger's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.58'}^[19].
• 138445 Westenburger's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.7'}^[20].
• 138445 Westenburger's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.719508845788918'}^[21].
• 138445 Westenburger's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1323.381894994739'}^[22].
• 138445 Westenburger's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+74.9'}^[23].
• 138445 Westenburger's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+74.82278328023843'}^[24].
• 138445 Westenburger's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.358981353166306'}^[25].
• 138445 Westenburger's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.694516809884741'}^[26].
• 138445 Westenburger's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.02344589644787'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

138445 Westenburger's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Carl-Heinz Westenburger is named after 138445 Westenburger^[6].

Why It Matters

138445 Westenburger ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]