2937 Gibbs

Summary

2937 Gibbs is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2937 Gibbs is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 2937 Gibbs's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2937 Gibbs's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Josiah Willard Gibbs is named after 2937 Gibbs^[6].
• 2937 Gibbs's follows is recorded as 2936 Nechvíle^[7].
• 2937 Gibbs's followed by is recorded as 2938 Hopi^[8].
• 2937 Gibbs's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 2937 Gibbs's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 2937 Gibbs's Commons category is recorded as 2937 Gibbs^[11].
• 2937 Gibbs's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 2937 Gibbs's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 LA^[13].
• 2937 Gibbs's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-06-14T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 2937 Gibbs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2pq7^[15].
• 2937 Gibbs's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002937^[16].
• 2937 Gibbs's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 2937 Gibbs's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.30'}^[18].
• 2937 Gibbs's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3031698'}^[19].
• 2937 Gibbs's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3029504840788872'}^[20].
• 2937 Gibbs's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[21].
• 2937 Gibbs's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.35'}^[22].
• 2937 Gibbs's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.75768'}^[23].
• 2937 Gibbs's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.76921717584434'}^[24].
• 2937 Gibbs's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.53'}^[25].
• 2937 Gibbs's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1290.560483364208'}^[26].
• 2937 Gibbs's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.982'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2937 Gibbs's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Josiah Willard Gibbs is named after 2937 Gibbs^[6].

Why It Matters

2937 Gibbs ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]