17050 Weiskopf

Summary

17050 Weiskopf is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17050 Weiskopf is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 17050 Weiskopf's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17050 Weiskopf's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 17050 Weiskopf's follows is recorded as 17049 Miron^[6].
• 17050 Weiskopf's followed by is recorded as 17051 Oflynn^[7].
• 17050 Weiskopf's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 17050 Weiskopf's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 17050 Weiskopf's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FX45^[10].
• 17050 Weiskopf's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 LR26^[11].
• 17050 Weiskopf's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-03-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 17050 Weiskopf's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykxx1^[13].
• 17050 Weiskopf's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017050^[14].
• 17050 Weiskopf's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 17050 Weiskopf's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[16].
• 17050 Weiskopf's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1305297'}^[17].
• 17050 Weiskopf's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1308858168746988'}^[18].
• 17050 Weiskopf's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[19].
• 17050 Weiskopf's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.95'}^[20].
• 17050 Weiskopf's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.52294'}^[21].
• 17050 Weiskopf's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.521140518807249'}^[22].
• 17050 Weiskopf's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.32'}^[23].
• 17050 Weiskopf's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1211.811884658929'}^[24].
• 17050 Weiskopf's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.73953'}^[25].
• 17050 Weiskopf's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.63103184577942'}^[26].
• 17050 Weiskopf's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2249622'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17050 Weiskopf's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

17050 Weiskopf 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 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]