15957 Gemoore

Summary

15957 Gemoore is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 15957 Gemoore is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 15957 Gemoore's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 15957 Gemoore's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• G. E. Moore is named after 15957 Gemoore^[6].
• 15957 Gemoore's follows is recorded as (15956) 1998 BY24^[7].
• 15957 Gemoore's followed by is recorded as (15958) 1998 BE33^[8].
• 15957 Gemoore's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 15957 Gemoore's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 15957 Gemoore's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 UA6^[11].
• 15957 Gemoore's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 BB27^[12].
• 15957 Gemoore's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FT^[13].
• 15957 Gemoore's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-01-22T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 15957 Gemoore's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2lsn^[15].
• 15957 Gemoore's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015957^[16].
• 15957 Gemoore's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 15957 Gemoore's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[18].
• 15957 Gemoore's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1100662'}^[19].
• 15957 Gemoore's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1072146784663092'}^[20].
• 15957 Gemoore's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[21].
• 15957 Gemoore's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.93'}^[22].
• 15957 Gemoore's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.10931'}^[23].
• 15957 Gemoore's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.108104631843607'}^[24].
• 15957 Gemoore's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.01'}^[25].
• 15957 Gemoore's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1833.574427085271'}^[26].
• 15957 Gemoore's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+17.02'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

15957 Gemoore's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

G. E. Moore is named after 15957 Gemoore^[6].

Why It Matters

15957 Gemoore ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 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]