2156 Kate

Summary

2156 Kate is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2156 Kate is credited with the discovery of Sergey Belyavsky^[3].
• 2156 Kate's image is recorded as 2156Kate (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 2156 Kate's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 2156 Kate's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Simeiz Observatory^[6].
• 2156 Kate's follows is recorded as Q147839^[7].
• 2156 Kate's followed by is recorded as Q39968^[8].
• 2156 Kate's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2156 Kate's Commons category is recorded as 2156 Kate^[10].
• 2156 Kate's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 2156 Kate's provisional designation is recorded as 1937 PK^[12].
• 2156 Kate's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 UT2^[13].
• 2156 Kate's provisional designation is recorded as 1956 GP^[14].
• 2156 Kate's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 QK^[15].
• 2156 Kate's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 BE^[16].
• 2156 Kate's provisional designation is recorded as 1970 LK^[17].
• 2156 Kate's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 RL1^[18].
• 2156 Kate's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 GK1^[19].
• 2156 Kate's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 BC^[20].
• 2156 Kate's provisional designation is recorded as A917 SH^[21].
• 2156 Kate's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1917-09-23T00:00:00Z^[22].
• 2156 Kate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5gxr^[23].
• 2156 Kate's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002156^[24].
• 2156 Kate's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[25].
• 2156 Kate's significant event is recorded as naming^[26].
• 2156 Kate's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2156 Kate's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

2156 Kate ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]