18680 Weirather

Summary

18680 Weirather is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 18680 Weirather is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 18680 Weirather's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 18680 Weirather's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 18680 Weirather's follows is recorded as 18679 Heatherenae^[6].
• 18680 Weirather's followed by is recorded as 18681 Caseylipp^[7].
• 18680 Weirather's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 18680 Weirather's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 18680 Weirather's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WL15^[10].
• 18680 Weirather's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FS103^[11].
• 18680 Weirather's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-31T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 18680 Weirather's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykxv7^[13].
• 18680 Weirather's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018680^[14].
• 18680 Weirather's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 18680 Weirather's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[16].
• 18680 Weirather's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0765085'}^[17].
• 18680 Weirather's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0752486203396961'}^[18].
• 18680 Weirather's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[19].
• 18680 Weirather's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.75'}^[20].
• 18680 Weirather's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.30362'}^[21].
• 18680 Weirather's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.30358566941565'}^[22].
• 18680 Weirather's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.64'}^[23].
• 18680 Weirather's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1328.051330037864'}^[24].
• 18680 Weirather's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+232.80773'}^[25].
• 18680 Weirather's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+232.667209134753'}^[26].
• 18680 Weirather's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3648146'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18680 Weirather's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

18680 Weirather has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]