21609 Williamcaleb

Summary

21609 Williamcaleb is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21609 Williamcaleb is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's follows is recorded as 21608 Gloyna^[6].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's followed by is recorded as 21610 Rosengard^[7].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 VL^[10].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 TN13^[11].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 GB8^[12].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JQ41^[13].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-05-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yk_n5^[15].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021609^[16].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.24'}^[18].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2365440'}^[19].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2355542494456922'}^[20].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[21].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.09'}^[22].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.45466'}^[23].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.457158824295822'}^[24].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.6'}^[25].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1314.815118003152'}^[26].
• 21609 Williamcaleb's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+112.0'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21609 Williamcaleb's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

21609 Williamcaleb ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]