8630 Billprady

Summary

8630 Billprady is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8630 Billprady is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 8630 Billprady's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8630 Billprady's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Bill Prady is named after 8630 Billprady^[6].
• 8630 Billprady's follows is recorded as 8629 Chucklorre^[7].
• 8630 Billprady's followed by is recorded as 8631 Sherikboonstra^[8].
• 8630 Billprady's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8630 Billprady's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8630 Billprady's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EY35^[11].
• 8630 Billprady's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 8630 Billprady's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b782mj^[13].
• 8630 Billprady's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008630^[14].
• 8630 Billprady's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 8630 Billprady's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[16].
• 8630 Billprady's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1420211'}^[17].
• 8630 Billprady's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1406970367238409'}^[18].
• 8630 Billprady's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[19].
• 8630 Billprady's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[20].
• 8630 Billprady's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.88160'}^[21].
• 8630 Billprady's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.877727734011274'}^[22].
• 8630 Billprady's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.45'}^[23].
• 8630 Billprady's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1259.63581871134'}^[24].
• 8630 Billprady's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+79.652'}^[25].
• 8630 Billprady's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.98052'}^[26].
• 8630 Billprady's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.791826948584487'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8630 Billprady's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Bill Prady is named after 8630 Billprady^[6].

Why It Matters

8630 Billprady ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]