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We present new thermophysical model (TPM) fits of 1,847 asteroids, derivingthermal inertia, diameter, and Bond and visible geometric albedo. We usethermal flux measurements obtained by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer(WISE; Wright et al. 2010; Mainzer et al. 2011) during its fully cryogenicphase, when both the 12$\mu$m (W3) and 22$\mu$m (W4) bands were available. Wetake shape models and spin information from the Database of Asteroid Modelsfrom Inversion Techniques (DAMIT; \v{D}urech et al. 2010) and derive new shapemodels through lightcurve inversion and combining WISE photometry with existingDAMIT lightcurves. When we limit our sample to the asteroids with the mostreliable shape models and thermal flux measurements, we find broadly consistentthermal inertia relations with recent studies. We apply fits to the diameters$D$ (km) and thermal inertia $\Gamma$ (J m$^{-2}$ s$^{-0.5}$ K$^{-1}$)normalized to 1 au with a linear relation of the form$\log[\Gamma]=\alpha+\beta\log[D]$, where we find $\alpha = 2.667 \pm 0.059$and $\beta = -0.467 \pm 0.044$ for our sample alone and $\alpha = 2.509 \pm0.017$ and $\beta = -0.352 \pm 0.012$ when combined with other literatureestimates. We find little evidence of any correlation between rotation periodand thermal inertia, owing to the small number of slow rotators to consider inour sample. While the large uncertainties on the majority of our derivedthermal inertia only allow us to identify broad trends between thermal inertiaand other physical parameters, we can expect a significant increase inhigh-quality thermal flux measurements and asteroid shape models with upcominginfrared and wide-field surveys, enabling even more thermophysical modeling ofhigher precision in the future.

Thermal Properties of 1847 WISE-observed Asteroids