2022 West

Summary

2022 West is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2022 West is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth^[3].
• 2022 West's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2022 West's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Richard Martin West is named after 2022 West^[6].
• 2022 West followed 2021 Poincaré^[7].
• 2022 West was followed by 2023 Asaph^[8].
• 2022 West's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2022 West's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2022 West's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 CK^[11].
• 2022 West's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 TA^[12].
• 2022 West's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 AP^[13].
• 2022 West's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1938-02-07T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 2022 West's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[15].
• 2022 West's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 2022 West's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.119589'}^[17].
• 2022 West's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1186933'}^[18].
• 2022 West's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1164942269454081'}^[19].
• 2022 West's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.6'}^[20].
• 2022 West's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.88'}^[21].
• 2022 West's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.65942'}^[22].
• 2022 West's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.655044261137372'}^[23].
• 2022 West's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.45'}^[24].
• 2022 West's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1625.82464119094'}^[25].
• 2022 West's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+14.14'}^[26].
• 2022 West's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.50698'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

2022 West's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Richard Martin West is named after 2022 West^[6].

Why It Matters

2022 West has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]