10985 Feast

Summary

10985 Feast is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10985 Feast is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10985 Feast is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10985 Feast is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10985 Feast's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10985 Feast's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Michael William Feast is named after 10985 Feast^[8].
• 10985 Feast's follows is recorded as 10984 Gispen^[9].
• 10985 Feast's followed by is recorded as 10986 Govert^[10].
• 10985 Feast's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 10985 Feast's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 10985 Feast's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BN4^[13].
• 10985 Feast's provisional designation is recorded as 4017 T-3^[14].
• 10985 Feast's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 10985 Feast's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y21rr^[16].
• 10985 Feast's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010985^[17].
• 10985 Feast's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 10985 Feast's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[19].
• 10985 Feast's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0514335'}^[20].
• 10985 Feast's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05199885303599072'}^[21].
• 10985 Feast's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[22].
• 10985 Feast's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.48'}^[23].
• 10985 Feast's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.33918'}^[24].
• 10985 Feast's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.337824953657202'}^[25].
• 10985 Feast's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.25'}^[26].
• 10985 Feast's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1185.42119776818'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10985 Feast's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Michael William Feast is named after 10985 Feast^[8].

Why It Matters

10985 Feast ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]