1772 Gagarin

Summary

1772 Gagarin is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1772 Gagarin is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Chernykh^[3].
• 1772 Gagarin's image is recorded as 001772-asteroid shape model (1772) Gagarin.png^[4].
• 1772 Gagarin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 1772 Gagarin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[6].
• Yuri Gagarin is named after 1772 Gagarin^[7].
• 1772 Gagarin's follows is recorded as 1771 Makover^[8].
• 1772 Gagarin's followed by is recorded as Q143543^[9].
• 1772 Gagarin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1772 Gagarin's Commons category is recorded as 1772 Gagarin^[11].
• 1772 Gagarin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1772 Gagarin's provisional designation is recorded as 1940 GA^[13].
• 1772 Gagarin's provisional designation is recorded as 1942 VZ^[14].
• 1772 Gagarin's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 ET^[15].
• 1772 Gagarin's provisional designation is recorded as 1960 FH^[16].
• 1772 Gagarin's provisional designation is recorded as 1968 CB^[17].
• 1772 Gagarin's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 OO^[18].
• 1772 Gagarin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1968-02-06T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 1772 Gagarin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2gbv^[20].
• 1772 Gagarin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001772^[21].
• 1772 Gagarin's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 1772 Gagarin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[23].
• 1772 Gagarin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1047251'}^[24].
• 1772 Gagarin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1047492502808931'}^[25].
• 1772 Gagarin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[26].
• 1772 Gagarin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.68'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1772 Gagarin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Yuri Gagarin is named after 1772 Gagarin^[7].

Why It Matters

1772 Gagarin ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]