1578 Kirkwood

Summary

1578 Kirkwood is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 33 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1578 Kirkwood is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 1578 Kirkwood's image is recorded as 001578-asteroid shape model (1578) Kirkwood.png^[4].
• 1578 Kirkwood's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 1578 Kirkwood's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[6].
• Daniel Kirkwood is named after 1578 Kirkwood^[7].
• 1578 Kirkwood's follows is recorded as Q141006^[8].
• 1578 Kirkwood's followed by is recorded as Q141034^[9].
• 1578 Kirkwood's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1578 Kirkwood's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[11].
• 1578 Kirkwood's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1578 Kirkwood's provisional designation is recorded as 1944 DF^[13].
• 1578 Kirkwood's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 TF^[14].
• 1578 Kirkwood's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 AT^[15].
• 1578 Kirkwood's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 FK^[16].
• 1578 Kirkwood's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1951-01-10T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 1578 Kirkwood's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05ckhr^[18].
• 1578 Kirkwood's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001578^[19].
• 1578 Kirkwood's asteroid spectral type is recorded as D-type asteroid^[20].
• 1578 Kirkwood's asteroid family is recorded as Hilda group^[21].
• 1578 Kirkwood's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 1578 Kirkwood's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.24'}^[23].
• 1578 Kirkwood's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2396903'}^[24].
• 1578 Kirkwood's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2413347694941793'}^[25].
• 1578 Kirkwood's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.26'}^[26].
• 1578 Kirkwood's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.16'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

1578 Kirkwood is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].

Why It Matters

1578 Kirkwood has Wikipedia articles in 33 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]