256892 Wutayou

Summary

256892 Wutayou is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 256892 Wutayou is credited with the discovery of Quanzhi Ye^[3].
• 256892 Wutayou is credited with the discovery of Chi-Sheng Lin^[4].
• 256892 Wutayou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 256892 Wutayou's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lulin Observatory^[6].
• Ta-You Wu is named after 256892 Wutayou^[7].
• 256892 Wutayou's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 256892 Wutayou's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 256892 Wutayou's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 UL58^[10].
• 256892 Wutayou's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VZ207^[11].
• 256892 Wutayou's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 DW40^[12].
• 256892 Wutayou's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-02-27T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 256892 Wutayou's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20256892^[14].
• 256892 Wutayou's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 256892 Wutayou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[16].
• 256892 Wutayou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1332828846195448'}^[17].
• 256892 Wutayou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.9'}^[18].
• 256892 Wutayou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.05'}^[19].
• 256892 Wutayou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.9'}^[20].
• 256892 Wutayou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.880242186456266'}^[21].
• 256892 Wutayou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1316.271603403118'}^[22].
• 256892 Wutayou's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+38.1'}^[23].
• 256892 Wutayou's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+37.96264208431145'}^[24].
• 256892 Wutayou's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.350524181894743'}^[25].
• 256892 Wutayou's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.66380882522567'}^[26].
• 256892 Wutayou's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.037239538563816'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

256892 Wutayou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Ta-You Wu is named after 256892 Wutayou^[7].

Why It Matters

256892 Wutayou ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]