16755 Cayley

Summary

16755 Cayley is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 16755 Cayley is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 16755 Cayley's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 16755 Cayley's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• Arthur Cayley is named after 16755 Cayley^[6].
• 16755 Cayley's follows is recorded as (16754) 1996 RW^[7].
• 16755 Cayley's followed by is recorded as 16756 Keuskamp^[8].
• 16755 Cayley's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 16755 Cayley's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 16755 Cayley's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 RE1^[11].
• 16755 Cayley's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-09-09T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 16755 Cayley's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y15b8^[13].
• 16755 Cayley's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016755^[14].
• 16755 Cayley's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 16755 Cayley's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.27'}^[16].
• 16755 Cayley's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2669263'}^[17].
• 16755 Cayley's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2649486198931851'}^[18].
• 16755 Cayley's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[19].
• 16755 Cayley's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.01'}^[20].
• 16755 Cayley's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.63941'}^[21].
• 16755 Cayley's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.634869429954329'}^[22].
• 16755 Cayley's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.17'}^[23].
• 16755 Cayley's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1524.104186579956'}^[24].
• 16755 Cayley's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+76.55830'}^[25].
• 16755 Cayley's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+76.49130382087439'}^[26].
• 16755 Cayley's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5901218'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

16755 Cayley's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Arthur Cayley is named after 16755 Cayley^[6].

Why It Matters

16755 Cayley ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]