2737 Kotka

Summary

2737 Kotka is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2737 Kotka is credited with the discovery of Yrjö Väisälä^[3].
• 2737 Kotka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2737 Kotka's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Iso-Heikkilä Observatory^[5].
• Kotka is named after 2737 Kotka^[6].
• 2737 Kotka's follows is recorded as Q221197^[7].
• 2737 Kotka's followed by is recorded as Q150004^[8].
• 2737 Kotka's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2737 Kotka's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2737 Kotka's provisional designation is recorded as 1927 TG^[11].
• 2737 Kotka's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 DU^[12].
• 2737 Kotka's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 HC1^[13].
• 2737 Kotka's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 QC^[14].
• 2737 Kotka's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 TK3^[15].
• 2737 Kotka's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1938-02-22T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 2737 Kotka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y61g0^[17].
• 2737 Kotka's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002737^[18].
• 2737 Kotka's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 2737 Kotka's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 2737 Kotka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.20'}^[21].
• 2737 Kotka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1958097'}^[22].
• 2737 Kotka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1936275469523625'}^[23].
• 2737 Kotka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.8'}^[24].
• 2737 Kotka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.94'}^[25].
• 2737 Kotka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.82364'}^[26].
• 2737 Kotka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.811908098220567'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

2737 Kotka is credited with the discovery of Yrjö Väisälä^[3].

Why It Matters

2737 Kotka has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]