16797 Wilkerson

Summary

16797 Wilkerson is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 16797 Wilkerson is credited with the discovery of Andrea Boattini^[3].
• 16797 Wilkerson is credited with the discovery of Luciano Tesi^[4].
• 16797 Wilkerson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 16797 Wilkerson's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory^[6].
• 16797 Wilkerson's follows is recorded as 16796 Shinji^[7].
• 16797 Wilkerson's followed by is recorded as (16798) 1997 EL50^[8].
• 16797 Wilkerson's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 16797 Wilkerson's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 16797 Wilkerson's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 LJ10^[11].
• 16797 Wilkerson's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 CA17^[12].
• 16797 Wilkerson's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-02-07T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 16797 Wilkerson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yk_71^[14].
• 16797 Wilkerson's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016797^[15].
• 16797 Wilkerson's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 16797 Wilkerson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[17].
• 16797 Wilkerson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1513599'}^[18].
• 16797 Wilkerson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1517000199129177'}^[19].
• 16797 Wilkerson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[20].
• 16797 Wilkerson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.35'}^[21].
• 16797 Wilkerson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.84101'}^[22].
• 16797 Wilkerson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.850348063015236'}^[23].
• 16797 Wilkerson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.72'}^[24].
• 16797 Wilkerson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2086.362657965733'}^[25].
• 16797 Wilkerson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+283.78143'}^[26].
• 16797 Wilkerson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+283.6764081067578'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

16797 Wilkerson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

16797 Wilkerson ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]