10880 Kaguya

Summary

10880 Kaguya is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10880 Kaguya is credited with the discovery of Naoto Satō^[3].
• 10880 Kaguya's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10880 Kaguya's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Chichibu Observatory^[5].
• Kaguya-hime is named after 10880 Kaguya^[6].
• 10880 Kaguya's follows is recorded as (10879) 1996 VM3^[7].
• 10880 Kaguya's followed by is recorded as (10881) 1996 VA5^[8].
• 10880 Kaguya's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10880 Kaguya's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10880 Kaguya's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 LQ6^[11].
• 10880 Kaguya's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VN4^[12].
• 10880 Kaguya's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 CO4^[13].
• 10880 Kaguya's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-11-06T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 10880 Kaguya's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c3z1qr^[15].
• 10880 Kaguya's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010880^[16].
• 10880 Kaguya's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 10880 Kaguya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}^[18].
• 10880 Kaguya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0340286'}^[19].
• 10880 Kaguya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03894551836984084'}^[20].
• 10880 Kaguya's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[21].
• 10880 Kaguya's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.95'}^[22].
• 10880 Kaguya's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.19617'}^[23].
• 10880 Kaguya's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.196095239344815'}^[24].
• 10880 Kaguya's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.03'}^[25].
• 10880 Kaguya's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1836.44412426034'}^[26].
• 10880 Kaguya's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+217.78430'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10880 Kaguya's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Kaguya-hime is named after 10880 Kaguya^[6].

Why It Matters

10880 Kaguya ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]