Weywot

moon of the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar
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Weywot

Summary

Weywot is a minor planet moon[1]. Weywot draws 131 Wikipedia views per month (minor_planet_moon category, ranking #5 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Weywot is credited with the discovery of Michael E. Brown[3].
  • Weywot is credited with the discovery of Terry-Ann Suer[4].
  • Weywot's image is recorded as Weywot hst.jpg[5].
  • Weywot's instance of is recorded as minor planet moon[6].
  • Weywot is named after Weywot[7].
  • Weywot's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Weywot symbol (fixed width).svg[8].
  • Weywot's Commons category is recorded as Weywot (moon)[9].
  • Weywot's parent astronomical body is recorded as Quaoar[10].
  • Weywot's provisional designation is recorded as S/2006 (50000) 1[11].
  • Weywot's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-02-14T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Weywot's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bbwjpc[13].
  • Weywot's significant event is recorded as naming[14].
  • Weywot's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.018'}[15].
  • Weywot's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+24.9'}[16].
  • Weywot's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+2.82'}[17].
  • Weywot's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+38.04'}[18].
  • Weywot's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+100'}[19].
  • Weywot's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+12.431013'}[20].
  • Weywot's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+356.9'}[21].
  • Weywot's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+13309'}[22].
  • Weywot's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+13549'}[23].
  • Weywot's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+13069'}[24].
  • Weywot's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+292'}[25].
  • Weywot's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01822345n[26].
  • Weywot's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Michael E. Brown[3], an astronomer[28], b. 1965[29], of United States[30], awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics[31], specialised in planetary science[32] and Terry-Ann Suer[4], an astronomer[33].

Why It Matters

Weywot draws 131 Wikipedia views per month (minor_planet_moon category, ranking #5 of 21).[2] Weywot has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Weywot is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . cbat.eps.harvard.edu. cbat.eps.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . cbat.eps.harvard.edu. cbat.eps.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . searchmagazine.org. searchmagazine.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . cbat.eps.harvard.edu. cbat.eps.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . universetoday.com. universetoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Investigating the formation of small Solar System objects using stellar occultations by satellites: present, future and its use to update satellite orbits. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . lesia.obspm.fr. lesia.obspm.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . iota-es.de. iota-es.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Investigating the formation of small Solar System objects using stellar occultations by satellites: present, future and its use to update satellite orbits. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Weywot: the darkest known satellite in the trans-Neptunian region. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Investigating the formation of small Solar System objects using stellar occultations by satellites: present, future and its use to update satellite orbits. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Investigating the formation of small Solar System objects using stellar occultations by satellites: present, future and its use to update satellite orbits. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Investigating the formation of small Solar System objects using stellar occultations by satellites: present, future and its use to update satellite orbits. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Investigating the formation of small Solar System objects using stellar occultations by satellites: present, future and its use to update satellite orbits. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Investigating the formation of small Solar System objects using stellar occultations by satellites: present, future and its use to update satellite orbits. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Investigating the formation of small Solar System objects using stellar occultations by satellites: present, future and its use to update satellite orbits. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Weywot: the darkest known satellite in the trans-Neptunian region. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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