90487 Witherspoon

Summary

90487 Witherspoon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 90487 Witherspoon is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey^[3].
• 90487 Witherspoon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 90487 Witherspoon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station^[5].
• 90487 Witherspoon's follows is recorded as (90486) 2004 DL12^[6].
• 90487 Witherspoon's followed by is recorded as (90488) 2004 DX12^[7].
• 90487 Witherspoon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 90487 Witherspoon's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[9].
• 90487 Witherspoon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 90487 Witherspoon's provisional designation is recorded as 2004 DW12^[11].
• 90487 Witherspoon's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 KW2^[12].
• 90487 Witherspoon's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FB133^[13].
• 90487 Witherspoon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2004-02-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 90487 Witherspoon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20090487^[15].
• 90487 Witherspoon's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 90487 Witherspoon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02'}^[17].
• 90487 Witherspoon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01322092829543331'}^[18].
• 90487 Witherspoon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[19].
• 90487 Witherspoon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[20].
• 90487 Witherspoon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.4'}^[21].
• 90487 Witherspoon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.38387452863798'}^[22].
• 90487 Witherspoon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2127.473945265069'}^[23].
• 90487 Witherspoon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+162.5'}^[24].
• 90487 Witherspoon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+162.3766732808003'}^[25].
• 90487 Witherspoon's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.23725727461672'}^[26].
• 90487 Witherspoon's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.280056820918297'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

90487 Witherspoon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

90487 Witherspoon ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]