4826 Wilhelms

Summary

4826 Wilhelms is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4826 Wilhelms is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4826 Wilhelms's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4826 Wilhelms's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Don E. Wilhelms is named after 4826 Wilhelms^[6].
• 4826 Wilhelms's follows is recorded as 4825 Ventura^[7].
• 4826 Wilhelms's followed by is recorded as Q154718^[8].
• 4826 Wilhelms's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4826 Wilhelms's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4826 Wilhelms's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 YX^[11].
• 4826 Wilhelms's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 JO^[12].
• 4826 Wilhelms's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-05-11T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 4826 Wilhelms's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yk_3t^[14].
• 4826 Wilhelms's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004826^[15].
• 4826 Wilhelms's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 4826 Wilhelms's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[17].
• 4826 Wilhelms's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1921576'}^[18].
• 4826 Wilhelms's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1921884674312519'}^[19].
• 4826 Wilhelms's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[20].
• 4826 Wilhelms's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.72'}^[21].
• 4826 Wilhelms's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.31858'}^[22].
• 4826 Wilhelms's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.31515687126828'}^[23].
• 4826 Wilhelms's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.67'}^[24].
• 4826 Wilhelms's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1340.182281292454'}^[25].
• 4826 Wilhelms's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+15.004'}^[26].
• 4826 Wilhelms's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+95.53019'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4826 Wilhelms's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Don E. Wilhelms is named after 4826 Wilhelms^[6].

Why It Matters

4826 Wilhelms ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]