16594 Sorachi

Summary

16594 Sorachi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 16594 Sorachi is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 16594 Sorachi is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 16594 Sorachi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 16594 Sorachi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• Sorachi district is named after 16594 Sorachi^[7].
• 16594 Sorachi's follows is recorded as (16593) 1992 UB3^[8].
• 16594 Sorachi's followed by is recorded as (16595) 1992 UU6^[9].
• 16594 Sorachi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 16594 Sorachi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 16594 Sorachi's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 UL4^[12].
• 16594 Sorachi's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 DA7^[13].
• 16594 Sorachi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-10-26T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 16594 Sorachi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygqnd^[15].
• 16594 Sorachi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016594^[16].
• 16594 Sorachi's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 16594 Sorachi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}^[18].
• 16594 Sorachi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0349049'}^[19].
• 16594 Sorachi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03542600067384567'}^[20].
• 16594 Sorachi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[21].
• 16594 Sorachi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.85'}^[22].
• 16594 Sorachi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.67709'}^[23].
• 16594 Sorachi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.66894109517651'}^[24].
• 16594 Sorachi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.21'}^[25].
• 16594 Sorachi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1537.02136693593'}^[26].
• 16594 Sorachi's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.528'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

16594 Sorachi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Sorachi district is named after 16594 Sorachi^[7].

Why It Matters

16594 Sorachi ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]