18242 Peebles

Summary

18242 Peebles is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18242 Peebles is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 18242 Peebles is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 18242 Peebles is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 18242 Peebles's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 18242 Peebles's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Jim Peebles is named after 18242 Peebles^[8].
• 18242 Peebles's follows is recorded as Q1084545^[9].
• 18242 Peebles's followed by is recorded as Q1084178^[10].
• 18242 Peebles's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 18242 Peebles's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 18242 Peebles's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 WO10^[13].
• 18242 Peebles's provisional designation is recorded as 2102 T-2^[14].
• 18242 Peebles's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 18242 Peebles's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7ytc^[16].
• 18242 Peebles's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018242^[17].
• 18242 Peebles's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 18242 Peebles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[19].
• 18242 Peebles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1466301'}^[20].
• 18242 Peebles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1463512536237186'}^[21].
• 18242 Peebles's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[22].
• 18242 Peebles's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.61'}^[23].
• 18242 Peebles's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.54160'}^[24].
• 18242 Peebles's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.538802515335437'}^[25].
• 18242 Peebles's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.61'}^[26].
• 18242 Peebles's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1319.394458505751'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18242 Peebles's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Jim Peebles is named after 18242 Peebles^[8].

Why It Matters

18242 Peebles ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]