16563 Ob

Summary

16563 Ob is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 16563 Ob is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 16563 Ob's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16563 Ob's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Ob is named after 16563 Ob^[6].
• 16563 Ob followed (16562) 1992 AV1^[7].
• 16563 Ob was followed by 16564 Coriolis^[8].
• 16563 Ob's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 16563 Ob's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 16563 Ob's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 BF2^[11].
• 16563 Ob's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FY2^[12].
• 16563 Ob's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-01-30T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 16563 Ob's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 16563 Ob's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[15].
• 16563 Ob's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0951075'}^[16].
• 16563 Ob's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09305065021960711'}^[17].
• 16563 Ob's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.6'}^[18].
• 16563 Ob's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.82'}^[19].
• 16563 Ob's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.51218'}^[20].
• 16563 Ob's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.51437061177119'}^[21].
• 16563 Ob's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.54'}^[22].
• 16563 Ob's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2022.676047850963'}^[23].
• 16563 Ob's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+143.71079'}^[24].
• 16563 Ob's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+143.5020574112336'}^[25].
• 16563 Ob's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1301373'}^[26].
• 16563 Ob's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.130054767020173'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

16563 Ob's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Ob is named after 16563 Ob^[6].

Why It Matters

16563 Ob has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]