3040 Kozai

Summary

3040 Kozai is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3040 Kozai is credited with the discovery of William Liller^[3].
• 3040 Kozai's image is recorded as Орбита астероида 3040.png^[4].
• 3040 Kozai's image is recorded as Орбита астероида 3040 (наклон).png^[5].
• 3040 Kozai's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 3040 Kozai's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[7].
• Yoshihide Kozai is named after 3040 Kozai^[8].
• 3040 Kozai's follows is recorded as Q150695^[9].
• 3040 Kozai's followed by is recorded as Q150705^[10].
• 3040 Kozai's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[11].
• 3040 Kozai's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 3040 Kozai's Commons category is recorded as 3040 Kozai^[13].
• 3040 Kozai's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 3040 Kozai's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 BA^[15].
• 3040 Kozai's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-01-23T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 3040 Kozai's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y62hq^[17].
• 3040 Kozai's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003040^[18].
• 3040 Kozai's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 3040 Kozai's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 3040 Kozai's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[21].
• 3040 Kozai's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2004028'}^[22].
• 3040 Kozai's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2002531109257494'}^[23].
• 3040 Kozai's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[24].
• 3040 Kozai's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.92'}^[25].
• 3040 Kozai's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+46.63943'}^[26].
• 3040 Kozai's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+46.64724195252566'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3040 Kozai's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Yoshihide Kozai is named after 3040 Kozai^[8].

Why It Matters

3040 Kozai ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]