23777 Goursat

Summary

23777 Goursat is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 23777 Goursat is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 23777 Goursat's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 23777 Goursat's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• Édouard Goursat is named after 23777 Goursat^[6].
• 23777 Goursat's follows is recorded as 23776 Gosset^[7].
• 23777 Goursat's followed by is recorded as (23778) 1998 QO7^[8].
• 23777 Goursat's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 23777 Goursat's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 23777 Goursat's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QT5^[11].
• 23777 Goursat's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-23T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 23777 Goursat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2ypb^[13].
• 23777 Goursat's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023777^[14].
• 23777 Goursat's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 23777 Goursat's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[16].
• 23777 Goursat's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0966688'}^[17].
• 23777 Goursat's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09815990572872055'}^[18].
• 23777 Goursat's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[19].
• 23777 Goursat's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.82'}^[20].
• 23777 Goursat's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.94126'}^[21].
• 23777 Goursat's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.943822086490753'}^[22].
• 23777 Goursat's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.07'}^[23].
• 23777 Goursat's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1854.061235359108'}^[24].
• 23777 Goursat's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.67272'}^[25].
• 23777 Goursat's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+340.20267'}^[26].
• 23777 Goursat's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+340.0631624140359'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

23777 Goursat's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Édouard Goursat is named after 23777 Goursat^[6].

Why It Matters

23777 Goursat has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]