16481 Thames

Summary

16481 Thames is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 16481 Thames is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 16481 Thames's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16481 Thames's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• 16481 Thames followed (16480) 1990 QN7^[6].
• 16481 Thames was followed by (16482) 1990 QK8^[7].
• 16481 Thames's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 16481 Thames's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 16481 Thames's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 QU7^[10].
• 16481 Thames's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 RM^[11].
• 16481 Thames's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-08-16T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 16481 Thames's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 16481 Thames's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.18'}^[14].
• 16481 Thames's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1808775'}^[15].
• 16481 Thames's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.186120797533579'}^[16].
• 16481 Thames's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}^[17].
• 16481 Thames's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.55'}^[18].
• 16481 Thames's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.38030'}^[19].
• 16481 Thames's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.38671342453898'}^[20].
• 16481 Thames's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.98'}^[21].
• 16481 Thames's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1811.914199219917'}^[22].
• 16481 Thames's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+5.2172'}^[23].
• 16481 Thames's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+147.89397'}^[24].
• 16481 Thames's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+147.6133485708404'}^[25].
• 16481 Thames's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.9167759'}^[26].
• 16481 Thames's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.908658945068308'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

16481 Thames's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

16481 Thames has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]