747 Winchester

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 747 Winchester is credited with the discovery of Joel Hastings Metcalf^[3].
• 747 Winchester's image is recorded as 747Winchester (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 747 Winchester's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 747 Winchester's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Winchester^[6].
• Winchester is named after 747 Winchester^[7].
• 747 Winchester's follows is recorded as 746 Marlu^[8].
• 747 Winchester's followed by is recorded as 748 Simeïsa^[9].
• 747 Winchester's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 747 Winchester's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Winchester symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 747 Winchester's Commons category is recorded as 747 Winchester^[12].
• 747 Winchester's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 747 Winchester's provisional designation is recorded as 1913 QZ^[14].
• 747 Winchester's provisional designation is recorded as A913 EK^[15].
• 747 Winchester's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1913-03-07T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 747 Winchester's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08l_zh^[17].
• 747 Winchester's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000747^[18].
• 747 Winchester's asteroid spectral type is recorded as P-type asteroid^[19].
• 747 Winchester's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[20].
• 747 Winchester's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 747 Winchester's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3396931102148048'}^[22].
• 747 Winchester's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.03'}^[23].
• 747 Winchester's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.179'}^[24].
• 747 Winchester's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.22140855116078'}^[25].
• 747 Winchester's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1896.945627907279'}^[26].
• 747 Winchester's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.4146'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

747 Winchester's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Winchester is named after 747 Winchester^[7].

Why It Matters

747 Winchester ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]