391257 Wilwheaton

Summary

391257 Wilwheaton is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 391257 Wilwheaton is credited with the discovery of Thierry Pauwels^[3].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Royal Observatory of Belgium^[5].
• Wil Wheaton is named after 391257 Wilwheaton^[6].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[7].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's provisional designation is recorded as 2006 RL1^[9].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-09-12T00:00:00Z^[10].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20391257^[11].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's significant event is recorded as naming^[12].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.30'}^[13].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3065608988639215'}^[14].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.8'}^[15].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.96'}^[16].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.9'}^[17].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.86371041370456'}^[18].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1568.530951086717'}^[19].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+198.5'}^[20].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+198.1065800016932'}^[21].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.641981531011744'}^[22].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.451909763940583'}^[23].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.832053298082904'}^[24].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+103.7'}^[25].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+104.190299107659'}^[26].
• 391257 Wilwheaton's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+44.3'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

391257 Wilwheaton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Wil Wheaton is named after 391257 Wilwheaton^[6].

Why It Matters

391257 Wilwheaton ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]