365756 ISON

Summary

365756 ISON is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 365756 ISON is credited with the discovery of Leonid Elenin^[3].
• 365756 ISON's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 365756 ISON's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mayhill^[5].
• International Scientific Optical Network is named after 365756 ISON^[6].
• 365756 ISON's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[7].
• 365756 ISON's minor planet group is recorded as Unusual minor planets^[8].
• 365756 ISON's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 365756 ISON's provisional designation is recorded as 2010 WZ71^[10].
• 365756 ISON's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2010-11-04T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 365756 ISON's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20365756^[12].
• 365756 ISON's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 365756 ISON's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.53'}^[14].
• 365756 ISON's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5237443539682924'}^[15].
• 365756 ISON's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[16].
• 365756 ISON's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.17'}^[17].
• 365756 ISON's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.0'}^[18].
• 365756 ISON's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.25040569527544'}^[19].
• 365756 ISON's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+5178.457518542838'}^[20].
• 365756 ISON's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+220.1'}^[21].
• 365756 ISON's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+219.2859779145262'}^[22].
• 365756 ISON's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.857801631619497'}^[23].
• 365756 ISON's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+8.92579216284646'}^[24].
• 365756 ISON's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.789811100392534'}^[25].
• 365756 ISON's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+268.4'}^[26].
• 365756 ISON's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+266.355522185614'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

365756 ISON's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

International Scientific Optical Network is named after 365756 ISON^[6].

Why It Matters

365756 ISON ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]