2022 WJ1
small asteroid which entered Earth's atmosphere in November 2022
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2022 WJ1
Summary
2022 WJ1 is an Earth-crossing asteroid[1]. It draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (earth_crossing_asteroid category, ranking #8 of 9).[2]
Key Facts
- 2022 WJ1 is credited with the discovery of Mount Lemmon Survey[3].
- 2022 WJ1 is credited with the discovery of David Rankin[4].
- 2022 WJ1's instance of is recorded as former entity[5].
- 2022 WJ1's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount Lemmon Observatory[6].
- 2022 WJ1's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[7].
- 2022 WJ1's Commons category is recorded as 2022 WJ1[8].
- 2022 WJ1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
- 2022 WJ1's provisional designation is recorded as 2022 WJ1[10].
- 2022 WJ1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2022-11-19T00:00:00Z[11].
- 2022 WJ1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 54327740[12].
- 2022 WJ1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5131408969879399'}[13].
- 2022 WJ1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+33.58'}[14].
- 2022 WJ1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.61764194477995'}[15].
- 2022 WJ1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+960.1763164093077'}[16].
- 2022 WJ1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+56.71526882098466'}[17].
- 2022 WJ1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.904737103520691'}[18].
- 2022 WJ1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.882135609347509'}[19].
- 2022 WJ1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9273385976938733'}[20].
- 2022 WJ1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+35.10562884444036'}[21].
- 2022 WJ1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+349.7291960018301'}[22].
- 2022 WJ1's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11sc124fb6[23].
- 2022 WJ1's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2022 WJ1[24].
- 2022 WJ1's epoch is recorded as November 19, 2022[25].
- 2022 WJ1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2459929.893840971'}[26].
Body
Designation and Status
2022 WJ1's instance of is recorded as former entity[5].
Why It Matters
2022 WJ1 draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (earth_crossing_asteroid category, ranking #8 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]