2794 Kulik

Summary

2794 Kulik is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2794 Kulik is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 2794 Kulik's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2794 Kulik's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Leonid Kulik is named after 2794 Kulik^[6].
• 2794 Kulik's follows is recorded as 2793 Valdaj^[7].
• 2794 Kulik's followed by is recorded as Q907005^[8].
• 2794 Kulik's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 2794 Kulik's Commons category is recorded as 2794 Kulik^[10].
• 2794 Kulik's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 2794 Kulik's provisional designation is recorded as 1940 TJ^[12].
• 2794 Kulik's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 DE^[13].
• 2794 Kulik's provisional designation is recorded as 1959 SP^[14].
• 2794 Kulik's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 PS3^[15].
• 2794 Kulik's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 XX2^[16].
• 2794 Kulik's provisional designation is recorded as 2019 GG36^[17].
• 2794 Kulik's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-08-08T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 2794 Kulik's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y65c0^[19].
• 2794 Kulik's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002794^[20].
• 2794 Kulik's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 2794 Kulik's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22'}^[22].
• 2794 Kulik's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2169030'}^[23].
• 2794 Kulik's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2159831379820119'}^[24].
• 2794 Kulik's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[25].
• 2794 Kulik's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.14'}^[26].
• 2794 Kulik's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.49154'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2794 Kulik's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Leonid Kulik is named after 2794 Kulik^[6].

Why It Matters

2794 Kulik 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 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]