1798 Watts

Summary

1798 Watts is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1798 Watts is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 1798 Watts's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1798 Watts's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[5].
• Chester Burleigh Watts is named after 1798 Watts^[6].
• 1798 Watts's follows is recorded as Q143906^[7].
• 1798 Watts's followed by is recorded as Q143933^[8].
• 1798 Watts's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 1798 Watts's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 1798 Watts's provisional designation is recorded as 1934 VS^[11].
• 1798 Watts's provisional designation is recorded as 1937 RL^[12].
• 1798 Watts's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 GC^[13].
• 1798 Watts's provisional designation is recorded as 1970 YB^[14].
• 1798 Watts's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 UD6^[15].
• 1798 Watts's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1949-04-04T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 1798 Watts's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f5dqx^[17].
• 1798 Watts's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001798^[18].
• 1798 Watts's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 1798 Watts's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 1798 Watts's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[21].
• 1798 Watts's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1219400'}^[22].
• 1798 Watts's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1218581660816711'}^[23].
• 1798 Watts's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.0'}^[24].
• 1798 Watts's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.01'}^[25].
• 1798 Watts's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.19368'}^[26].
• 1798 Watts's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.193529745723517'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

1798 Watts is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].

Why It Matters

1798 Watts has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]