(15247) 1989 WS
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Summary
(15247) 1989 WS is an asteroid[1]. (15247) 1989 WS has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Seiji Ueda[3], Hiroshi Kaneda[4]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Kushiro[5]
- Follows: 15246 Kumeta[6]
- Followed by: 15248 Hidekazu[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1989 WS[10], 1993 TZ12[11]
- Time of discovery or invention: November 20, 1989[12]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.19[13], 0.1927038[14], 0.1917123049442063[15]
- Absolute magnitude: 13.8[16], 13.89[17]
- Orbital inclination: 8.74548 degree[18], 8.745777894015111 degree[19]
- Orbital period: 4.12 years[20], 1505.00115292166 day[21]
- Longitude of ascending node: 237.23355 degree[22], 237.1473432943883 degree[23]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.5690581 astronomical unit[24], 2.570152761638744 astronomical unit[25]
- Apoapsis: 3.064 astronomical unit[26], 3.062882671631225 astronomical unit[27]
- Periapsis: 2.0739908 astronomical unit[28], 2.077422851646264 astronomical unit[29]
- Argument of periapsis: 159.33603 degree[30], 159.117922981224 degree[31]
- Mean anomaly: 59.82532 degree[32], 274.521323534719 degree[33]
- Diameter: 4.407 km[34]
- Albedo: 0.301[35]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[36]
- Time of periapsis: 2461357.848629529 Julian day[37]
Why It Matters
(15247) 1989 WS is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]