993 Moultona

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 993 Moultona is credited with the discovery of George Van Biesbroeck^[3].
• 993 Moultona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 993 Moultona's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Yerkes Observatory^[5].
• Forest Ray Moulton is named after 993 Moultona^[6].
• 993 Moultona's follows is recorded as Q158499^[7].
• 993 Moultona's followed by is recorded as 994 Otthild^[8].
• 993 Moultona's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 993 Moultona's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 993 Moultona's provisional designation is recorded as 1923 NJ^[11].
• 993 Moultona's provisional designation is recorded as 1928 BA^[12].
• 993 Moultona's provisional designation is recorded as 1960 WD^[13].
• 993 Moultona's provisional designation is recorded as 1964 PQ^[14].
• 993 Moultona's provisional designation is recorded as 1967 CN^[15].
• 993 Moultona's provisional designation is recorded as A923 AB^[16].
• 993 Moultona's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1923-01-12T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 993 Moultona's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08mc6d^[18].
• 993 Moultona's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000993^[19].
• 993 Moultona's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 993 Moultona's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04702300002849138'}^[21].
• 993 Moultona's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.43'}^[22].
• 993 Moultona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.775'}^[23].
• 993 Moultona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.782002015006205'}^[24].
• 993 Moultona's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1767.022260382847'}^[25].
• 993 Moultona's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.2712'}^[26].
• 993 Moultona's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+184.2060417464425'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

993 Moultona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Forest Ray Moulton is named after 993 Moultona^[6].

Why It Matters

993 Moultona 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 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]