16561 Rawls

Summary

16561 Rawls is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 16561 Rawls is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 16561 Rawls's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16561 Rawls's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• John Rawls is named after 16561 Rawls^[6].
• 16561 Rawls followed 16560 Daitor^[7].
• 16561 Rawls was followed by (16562) 1992 AV1^[8].
• 16561 Rawls's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 16561 Rawls's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 16561 Rawls's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 GG3^[11].
• 16561 Rawls's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VP7^[12].
• 16561 Rawls's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-11-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 16561 Rawls's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 16561 Rawls's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}^[15].
• 16561 Rawls's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0518647'}^[16].
• 16561 Rawls's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04944479301492307'}^[17].
• 16561 Rawls's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}^[18].
• 16561 Rawls's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.9'}^[19].
• 16561 Rawls's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.21180'}^[20].
• 16561 Rawls's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.20483952210989'}^[21].
• 16561 Rawls's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.02'}^[22].
• 16561 Rawls's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1835.475048520869'}^[23].
• 16561 Rawls's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+1.13'}^[24].
• 16561 Rawls's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+212.58832'}^[25].
• 16561 Rawls's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+212.4105034234653'}^[26].
• 16561 Rawls's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.9319380'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

16561 Rawls's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

John Rawls is named after 16561 Rawls^[6].

Why It Matters

16561 Rawls has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]