187679 Folinsbee

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187679 Folinsbee

Summary

187679 Folinsbee is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 187679 Folinsbee is credited with the discovery of Andrew Lowe[3].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as RAS (Remote Astronomical Society) Observatory of New Mexico[5].
  • Robert Folinsbee is named after 187679 Folinsbee[6].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's follows is recorded as (187678) 2008 CS156[7].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's followed by is recorded as 187680 Stelck[8].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 WZ19[11].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 DC5[12].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-02-28T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20187679[14].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's significant event is recorded as naming[15].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}[16].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2294840481031963'}[17].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.2'}[18].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.28'}[19].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.5'}[20].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.52966160377356'}[21].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1382.019506005028'}[22].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+177.5'}[23].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+177.4012869500846'}[24].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.428159236245041'}[25].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.985383047217718'}[26].
  • 187679 Folinsbee's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.870935425272363'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

187679 Folinsbee's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

History and Context

Robert Folinsbee is named after 187679 Folinsbee[6].

Why It Matters

187679 Folinsbee ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Argument of periapsis {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+358.1'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+358.3196164895334'}
    Periapsis {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.870935425272363'}
    Site of astronomical discovery RAS (Remote Astronomical Society) Observatory of New Mexico
    Instance of asteroid
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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