22740 Rayleigh

Summary

22740 Rayleigh is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 22740 Rayleigh is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 22740 Rayleigh's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 22740 Rayleigh's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh is named after 22740 Rayleigh^[6].
• 22740 Rayleigh's follows is recorded as 22739 Sikhote-Alin^[7].
• 22740 Rayleigh's followed by is recorded as (22741) 1998 SQ154^[8].
• 22740 Rayleigh's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 22740 Rayleigh's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 22740 Rayleigh's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 22740 Rayleigh's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 SN^[12].
• 22740 Rayleigh's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SX146^[13].
• 22740 Rayleigh's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-09-20T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 22740 Rayleigh's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y83mp^[15].
• 22740 Rayleigh's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20022740^[16].
• 22740 Rayleigh's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 22740 Rayleigh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.21'}^[18].
• 22740 Rayleigh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2148349'}^[19].
• 22740 Rayleigh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2160123298170992'}^[20].
• 22740 Rayleigh's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.4'}^[21].
• 22740 Rayleigh's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}^[22].
• 22740 Rayleigh's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.48'}^[23].
• 22740 Rayleigh's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.11624'}^[24].
• 22740 Rayleigh's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.121232479932682'}^[25].
• 22740 Rayleigh's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.84'}^[26].
• 22740 Rayleigh's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2129.95486180336'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

22740 Rayleigh is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

22740 Rayleigh has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]