2606 Odessa

Summary

2606 Odessa is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2606 Odessa is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 2606 Odessa's image is recorded as 2606Odessa (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 2606 Odessa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 2606 Odessa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[6].
• Odesa is named after 2606 Odessa^[7].
• 2606 Odessa's follows is recorded as Q767712^[8].
• 2606 Odessa's followed by is recorded as Q660270^[9].
• 2606 Odessa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 2606 Odessa's Commons category is recorded as 2606 Odessa^[11].
• 2606 Odessa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 2606 Odessa's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 VE^[13].
• 2606 Odessa's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 GX2^[14].
• 2606 Odessa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1976-04-01T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 2606 Odessa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7thh^[16].
• 2606 Odessa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002606^[17].
• 2606 Odessa's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[18].
• 2606 Odessa's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 2606 Odessa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.26'}^[20].
• 2606 Odessa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2645260'}^[21].
• 2606 Odessa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2620187455751541'}^[22].
• 2606 Odessa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.7'}^[23].
• 2606 Odessa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.97'}^[24].
• 2606 Odessa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.357'}^[25].
• 2606 Odessa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.45189'}^[26].
• 2606 Odessa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.43200120341414'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2606 Odessa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Odesa is named after 2606 Odessa^[7].

Why It Matters

2606 Odessa ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]