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246238 Crampton

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246238 Crampton

Summary

246238 Crampton is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 246238 Crampton is credited with the discovery of David D. Balam[3].
  • 246238 Crampton's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 246238 Crampton's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea Observatories[5].
  • David Crampton is named after 246238 Crampton[6].
  • 246238 Crampton's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • 246238 Crampton's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • 246238 Crampton's provisional designation is recorded as 2007 RL274[9].
  • 246238 Crampton's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 5, 2007[10].
  • 246238 Crampton's significant event is recorded as naming[11].
  • 246238 Crampton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}[12].
  • 246238 Crampton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05107588917873302'}[13].
  • 246238 Crampton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.4'}[14].
  • 246238 Crampton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.44'}[15].
  • 246238 Crampton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.0'}[16].
  • 246238 Crampton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.99854148771167'}[17].
  • 246238 Crampton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2054.894383522745'}[18].
  • 246238 Crampton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+118.6'}[19].
  • 246238 Crampton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+118.4824214560805'}[20].
  • 246238 Crampton's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.163205342724582'}[21].
  • 246238 Crampton's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.324768868259159'}[22].
  • 246238 Crampton's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.001641817190005'}[23].
  • 246238 Crampton's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+311.0'}[24].
  • 246238 Crampton's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+306.444541923438'}[25].
  • 246238 Crampton's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+92.2'}[26].
  • 246238 Crampton's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+43.81891393552788'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

246238 Crampton's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

History and Context

David Crampton is named after 246238 Crampton[6].

Why It Matters

246238 Crampton ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Peter James · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.4'}, {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.44'}
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}, {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05107588917873302'}
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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