3037 Alku

Summary

3037 Alku is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3037 Alku is credited with the discovery of Yrjö Väisälä^[3].
• 3037 Alku's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3037 Alku's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Iso-Heikkilä Observatory^[5].
• 3037 Alku's follows is recorded as 3036 Krat^[6].
• 3037 Alku's followed by is recorded as Q918740^[7].
• 3037 Alku's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 3037 Alku's Commons category is recorded as 3037 Alku^[9].
• 3037 Alku's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3037 Alku's provisional designation is recorded as 1944 BA^[11].
• 3037 Alku's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 BH^[12].
• 3037 Alku's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1944-01-17T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 3037 Alku's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0qsc^[14].
• 3037 Alku's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003037^[15].
• 3037 Alku's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[16].
• 3037 Alku's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 3037 Alku's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[18].
• 3037 Alku's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1890751'}^[19].
• 3037 Alku's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1863372728805172'}^[20].
• 3037 Alku's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.9'}^[21].
• 3037 Alku's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.8'}^[22].
• 3037 Alku's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.02411'}^[23].
• 3037 Alku's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.00788287616577'}^[24].
• 3037 Alku's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.37'}^[25].
• 3037 Alku's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1597.767510117762'}^[26].
• 3037 Alku's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+11.844'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3037 Alku's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

3037 Alku ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]