21564 Widmanstätten

Summary

21564 Widmanstätten is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21564 Widmanstätten is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten is named after 21564 Widmanstätten^[7].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's follows is recorded as 21563 Chetgervais^[8].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's followed by is recorded as (21565) 1998 QZ102^[9].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 SG3^[12].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 QY9^[13].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QQ101^[14].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-26T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0463b2y^[16].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021564^[17].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[19].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1828658'}^[20].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1809346453300296'}^[21].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.5'}^[22].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[23].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.71'}^[24].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.81029'}^[25].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.79526782509906'}^[26].
• 21564 Widmanstätten's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.46'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21564 Widmanstätten's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten is named after 21564 Widmanstätten^[7].

Why It Matters

21564 Widmanstätten ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]