2016 WF9

Summary

2016 WF9 is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #34 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2016 WF9 is credited with the discovery of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer^[3].
• 2016 WF9's image is recorded as PIA21259 - Celestial Object 2016 WF9, a NEOWISE Discovery (Artist Concept).jpg^[4].
• 2016 WF9's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 2016 WF9's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 2016 WF9's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 2016 WF9's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[8].
• 2016 WF9's Commons category is recorded as 2016 WF9^[9].
• 2016 WF9's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2016 WF9's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2016-11-27T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 2016 WF9's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2016-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 2016 WF9's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3764848^[13].
• 2016 WF9's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6582'}^[14].
• 2016 WF9's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6650193767952477'}^[15].
• 2016 WF9's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+20.08'}^[16].
• 2016 WF9's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.0026'}^[17].
• 2016 WF9's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.18252911438503'}^[18].
• 2016 WF9's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1756.486073973744'}^[19].
• 2016 WF9's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+125.1592418259254'}^[20].
• 2016 WF9's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.849033282357313'}^[21].
• 2016 WF9's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.743695620259492'}^[22].
• 2016 WF9's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9543709444551337'}^[23].
• 2016 WF9's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+342.4299'}^[24].
• 2016 WF9's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+342.9179902326421'}^[25].
• 2016 WF9's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.9960'}^[26].
• 2016 WF9's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+295.4316543701361'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[5], near-Earth object^[6], and near-Earth asteroid^[7].

Why It Matters

2016 WF9 draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #34 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]