16226 Beaton

Summary

16226 Beaton is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 16226 Beaton is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 16226 Beaton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16226 Beaton's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 16226 Beaton's follows is recorded as 16225 Georgebaldo^[6].
• 16226 Beaton's followed by is recorded as 16227 Emilykang^[7].
• 16226 Beaton's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 16226 Beaton's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 16226 Beaton's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RY30^[10].
• 16226 Beaton's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 DT72^[11].
• 16226 Beaton's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-02-29T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 16226 Beaton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0yg9^[13].
• 16226 Beaton's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016226^[14].
• 16226 Beaton's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 16226 Beaton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[16].
• 16226 Beaton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0352645'}^[17].
• 16226 Beaton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03302619088584818'}^[18].
• 16226 Beaton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[19].
• 16226 Beaton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.97'}^[20].
• 16226 Beaton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.22167'}^[21].
• 16226 Beaton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.220380783330656'}^[22].
• 16226 Beaton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.51'}^[23].
• 16226 Beaton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2012.688076996578'}^[24].
• 16226 Beaton's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.59127'}^[25].
• 16226 Beaton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+356.38403'}^[26].
• 16226 Beaton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+356.3324537160643'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

16226 Beaton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

16226 Beaton ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]