25166 Thompson

Summary

25166 Thompson is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 25166 Thompson is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 25166 Thompson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 25166 Thompson's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 25166 Thompson followed 25165 Leget^[6].
• 25166 Thompson was followed by (25167) 1998 SO64^[7].
• 25166 Thompson's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 25166 Thompson's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 25166 Thompson's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WF21^[10].
• 25166 Thompson's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SM62^[11].
• 25166 Thompson's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 19, 1998^[12].
• 25166 Thompson's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 25166 Thompson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[14].
• 25166 Thompson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0718588'}^[15].
• 25166 Thompson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0757862752967212'}^[16].
• 25166 Thompson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[17].
• 25166 Thompson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.41'}^[18].
• 25166 Thompson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.22495'}^[19].
• 25166 Thompson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.21880741353359'}^[20].
• 25166 Thompson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.03'}^[21].
• 25166 Thompson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1835.00543641625'}^[22].
• 25166 Thompson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+224.57891'}^[23].
• 25166 Thompson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+224.47849628539'}^[24].
• 25166 Thompson's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.9353432'}^[25].
• 25166 Thompson's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.933318934303655'}^[26].
• 25166 Thompson's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.146'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

25166 Thompson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

25166 Thompson ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]