32571 Brayton

Summary

32571 Brayton is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 32571 Brayton is credited with the discovery of Chris Wolfe^[3].
• 32571 Brayton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 32571 Brayton's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Oakley Observatory^[5].
• Scott Brayton is named after 32571 Brayton^[6].
• 32571 Brayton's follows is recorded as 32570 Peruindiana^[7].
• 32571 Brayton's followed by is recorded as (32572) 2001 QR74^[8].
• 32571 Brayton's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 32571 Brayton's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 32571 Brayton's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 CC40^[11].
• 32571 Brayton's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QA72^[12].
• 32571 Brayton's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-08-20T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 32571 Brayton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y127z^[14].
• 32571 Brayton's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20032571^[15].
• 32571 Brayton's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 32571 Brayton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.24'}^[17].
• 32571 Brayton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2383078'}^[18].
• 32571 Brayton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2317694613444016'}^[19].
• 32571 Brayton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[20].
• 32571 Brayton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.37'}^[21].
• 32571 Brayton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.72839'}^[22].
• 32571 Brayton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.670178439671854'}^[23].
• 32571 Brayton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.59'}^[24].
• 32571 Brayton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2058.568300569768'}^[25].
• 32571 Brayton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+35.24984'}^[26].
• 32571 Brayton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+34.85634936837079'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

32571 Brayton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Scott Brayton is named after 32571 Brayton^[6].

Why It Matters

32571 Brayton ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]