246247 Sheldoncooper

Summary

246247 Sheldoncooper is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 246247 Sheldoncooper is credited with the discovery of Quanzhi Ye^[3].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper is credited with the discovery of Lin Hongqin^[4].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lulin Observatory^[6].
• Sheldon Cooper is named after 246247 Sheldoncooper^[7].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's provisional designation is recorded as 2007 SP14^[10].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 20, 2007^[11].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's significant event is recorded as naming^[12].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[13].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0664233741308678'}^[14].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.9'}^[15].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.96'}^[16].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.4'}^[17].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.423973915611508'}^[18].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1724.490094650438'}^[19].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+197.9'}^[20].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+197.714264273552'}^[21].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.814328907125732'}^[22].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.001266129051061'}^[23].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.627391685200403'}^[24].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+180.0'}^[25].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+179.2140594315247'}^[26].
• 246247 Sheldoncooper's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+237.2'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

246247 Sheldoncooper's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Sheldon Cooper is named after 246247 Sheldoncooper^[7].

Why It Matters

246247 Sheldoncooper ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]