178008 Picard

Summary

178008 Picard is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 178008 Picard is credited with the discovery of Bernard Christophe^[3].
• 178008 Picard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 178008 Picard's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Saint-Sulpice^[5].
• 178008 Picard's follows is recorded as (178007) 2006 QX136^[6].
• 178008 Picard's followed by is recorded as (178009) 2006 QC146^[7].
• 178008 Picard's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 178008 Picard's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 178008 Picard's provisional designation is recorded as 2006 QQ137^[10].
• 178008 Picard's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-08-30T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 178008 Picard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06zjq44^[12].
• 178008 Picard's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20178008^[13].
• 178008 Picard's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 178008 Picard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.31'}^[15].
• 178008 Picard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3099421228803805'}^[16].
• 178008 Picard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.9'}^[17].
• 178008 Picard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.0'}^[18].
• 178008 Picard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.8'}^[19].
• 178008 Picard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.79483040410711'}^[20].
• 178008 Picard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2020.752423777735'}^[21].
• 178008 Picard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+161.4'}^[22].
• 178008 Picard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+161.3695634973181'}^[23].
• 178008 Picard's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.128069936585285'}^[24].
• 178008 Picard's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.097590573248826'}^[25].
• 178008 Picard's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.158549299921745'}^[26].
• 178008 Picard's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+280.5'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

178008 Picard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

178008 Picard ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]