16037 Sheehan

Summary

16037 Sheehan is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 16037 Sheehan is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 16037 Sheehan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16037 Sheehan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• William Sheehan is named after 16037 Sheehan^[6].
• 16037 Sheehan's follows is recorded as 16036 Moroz^[7].
• 16037 Sheehan's followed by is recorded as (16038) 1999 GD18^[8].
• 16037 Sheehan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 16037 Sheehan's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 16037 Sheehan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 16037 Sheehan's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 KS1^[12].
• 16037 Sheehan's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GX8^[13].
• 16037 Sheehan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-04-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 16037 Sheehan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygfw0^[15].
• 16037 Sheehan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016037^[16].
• 16037 Sheehan's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 16037 Sheehan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[18].
• 16037 Sheehan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0507265'}^[19].
• 16037 Sheehan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04901400907170213'}^[20].
• 16037 Sheehan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[21].
• 16037 Sheehan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[22].
• 16037 Sheehan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.30981'}^[23].
• 16037 Sheehan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.30508990031966'}^[24].
• 16037 Sheehan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.79'}^[25].
• 16037 Sheehan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2115.434048763608'}^[26].
• 16037 Sheehan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+187.20474'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

16037 Sheehan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

William Sheehan is named after 16037 Sheehan^[6].

Why It Matters

16037 Sheehan has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]