23776 Gosset

Summary

23776 Gosset is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 23776 Gosset is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 23776 Gosset's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 23776 Gosset's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• William Sealy Gosset is named after 23776 Gosset^[6].
• 23776 Gosset's follows is recorded as 23775 Okudaira^[7].
• 23776 Gosset's followed by is recorded as 23777 Goursat^[8].
• 23776 Gosset's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 23776 Gosset's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 23776 Gosset's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 CA5^[11].
• 23776 Gosset's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QE^[12].
• 23776 Gosset's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-17T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 23776 Gosset's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2xnd^[14].
• 23776 Gosset's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023776^[15].
• 23776 Gosset's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 23776 Gosset's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[17].
• 23776 Gosset's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0504396'}^[18].
• 23776 Gosset's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05240120318976522'}^[19].
• 23776 Gosset's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[20].
• 23776 Gosset's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.42'}^[21].
• 23776 Gosset's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.31382'}^[22].
• 23776 Gosset's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.313658122546897'}^[23].
• 23776 Gosset's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.34'}^[24].
• 23776 Gosset's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1586.685266889311'}^[25].
• 23776 Gosset's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+341.41570'}^[26].
• 23776 Gosset's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+341.1593695099275'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

23776 Gosset's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

William Sealy Gosset is named after 23776 Gosset^[6].

Why It Matters

23776 Gosset 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]