What do we know about Asteroid 314159 aka ‘Mattparker’?

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Order Love Triangle now and get a personalised gift tag! https://achievefulfilment.onwarehouse.app/preorders/new?campaign_id=wng5c4y Or just get a copy with no gift tag. You'll receive it a bit faster. https://achievefulfilment.onwarehouse.app/preorders/new?campaign_id=yx6gcky There is a small chance we still have limited-edition covers left. You can check here: https://achievefulfilment.onwarehouse.app/preorders/new?campaign_id=w7qzcxw Thanks to everyone who bought the USA edition! You can still get copies here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672455/love-triangle-by-matt-parker/ I will send out the book marks soon! I didn't quite get them all done before the video was released. Huge thanks to David Rankin (R&D Operations Engineer, Catalina Sky Survey, University of Arizona) for discovering Mattparker as well as taking the time to talk to me about it. David's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rankinstudio Details and data about Mattparker https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=314159 https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=314159 Search for "314159" on https://alcdef.org/ Here is the Numberphile video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9lKcs-h7fg&ab_channel=Numberphile Huge thanks to Ilgmars Eglitis (Head of Baldone Observatory, Latvia) for running the extra analysis of Mattparker's light curve and found the approximate rotation period and shape. "Light curve analysis of main belt asteroids 4747, 5255, 11411, 15433, 17866" https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/astro-2022-0227/html?lang=en This paper contains a derivation of the absolute brightness to size equation. https://mathscinotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Jackpot.pdf Asteroid belt diagram based on a NASA image from here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/picturing-our-solar-systems-asteroid-belt/ Cheers to my Patreon supporters for supplying so many great depictions of Mattparker. Support me on Patreon and you can join in with the next ridiculous thing I ask for help with. Also a christmas card. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths CORRECTIONS - Yes, I said days instead of hours. But we fixed that with the text. - Let me know if you spot anything else! Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash Written and performed by Matt Parker Produced by Nicole Jacobus Music by Howard Carter Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician Website: http://standupmaths.com/