2072 Kosmodemyanskaya

Summary

2072 Kosmodemyanskaya is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya is credited with the discovery of Tamara Smirnova^[3].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya is named after 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya^[6].
• Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky is named after 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya^[7].
• Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is named after 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya^[8].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's follows is recorded as 2071 Nadezhda^[9].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's followed by is recorded as 2073 Janáček^[10].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's Commons category is recorded as 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya^[12].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's provisional designation is recorded as 1944 BD^[14].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's provisional designation is recorded as 1958 XY^[15].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's provisional designation is recorded as 1962 XL1^[16].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 QE2^[17].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 EL^[18].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-08-31T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/046414^[20].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002072^[21].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[23].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1634489'}^[24].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1646584208509444'}^[25].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.61'}^[26].
• 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.81'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2072 Kosmodemyanskaya's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya^[6], a school teacher^[28], 1900–1978^[29], of Soviet Union^[30]; Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky^[7], a military personnel^[31], 1925–1945^[32], of Soviet Union^[33], awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union^[34]; and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya^[8], a military personnel^[35], 1923–1941^[36], of Soviet Union^[37], awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union^[38], specialised in military^[39].

Why It Matters

2072 Kosmodemyanskaya 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.^[40] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]