15045 Walesdymond

Summary

15045 Walesdymond is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 15045 Walesdymond is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 15045 Walesdymond's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15045 Walesdymond's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• William Wales is named after 15045 Walesdymond^[6].
• Dymond, Joseph is named after 15045 Walesdymond^[7].
• 15045 Walesdymond's follows is recorded as (15044) 1998 XY16^[8].
• 15045 Walesdymond's followed by is recorded as (15046) 1998 XY41^[9].
• 15045 Walesdymond's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 15045 Walesdymond's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 15045 Walesdymond's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 SY5^[12].
• 15045 Walesdymond's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 EE6^[13].
• 15045 Walesdymond's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 XY21^[14].
• 15045 Walesdymond's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-12-10T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 15045 Walesdymond's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykvdg^[16].
• 15045 Walesdymond's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015045^[17].
• 15045 Walesdymond's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 15045 Walesdymond's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[19].
• 15045 Walesdymond's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0525728'}^[20].
• 15045 Walesdymond's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04973548337805932'}^[21].
• 15045 Walesdymond's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[22].
• 15045 Walesdymond's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[23].
• 15045 Walesdymond's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.57662'}^[24].
• 15045 Walesdymond's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.577529053189673'}^[25].
• 15045 Walesdymond's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.63'}^[26].
• 15045 Walesdymond's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1690.430356509829'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15045 Walesdymond's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include William Wales^[6], a mathematician^[28], 1734–1798^[29], of Kingdom of Great Britain^[30], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32] and Dymond, Joseph^[7].

Why It Matters

15045 Walesdymond has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]