6282 Edwelda

Summary

6282 Edwelda is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6282 Edwelda is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 6282 Edwelda's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6282 Edwelda's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 6282 Edwelda's follows is recorded as 6281 Strnad^[6].
• 6282 Edwelda's followed by is recorded as 6283 Menghuazhu^[7].
• 6282 Edwelda's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 6282 Edwelda's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 6282 Edwelda's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 TS4^[10].
• 6282 Edwelda's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SG4^[11].
• 6282 Edwelda's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-10-09T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 6282 Edwelda's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gltnh^[13].
• 6282 Edwelda's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006282^[14].
• 6282 Edwelda's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 6282 Edwelda's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22'}^[16].
• 6282 Edwelda's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2167742'}^[17].
• 6282 Edwelda's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.216701229605254'}^[18].
• 6282 Edwelda's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[19].
• 6282 Edwelda's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.47'}^[20].
• 6282 Edwelda's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.80759'}^[21].
• 6282 Edwelda's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.806449958684807'}^[22].
• 6282 Edwelda's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.51'}^[23].
• 6282 Edwelda's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1283.206992107083'}^[24].
• 6282 Edwelda's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+34.04118'}^[25].
• 6282 Edwelda's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+34.00521942897787'}^[26].
• 6282 Edwelda's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3108768'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6282 Edwelda's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

6282 Edwelda ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]