3070 Aitken

Summary

3070 Aitken is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3070 Aitken is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 3070 Aitken's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3070 Aitken's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[5].
• Robert Grant Aitken is named after 3070 Aitken^[6].
• 3070 Aitken followed 3069 Heyrovský^[7].
• 3070 Aitken was followed by Q282563^[8].
• 3070 Aitken's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3070 Aitken's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3070 Aitken's provisional designation is recorded as 1942 GQ^[11].
• 3070 Aitken's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 GK^[12].
• 3070 Aitken's provisional designation is recorded as A907 HA^[13].
• 3070 Aitken's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1949-04-04T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 3070 Aitken's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 3070 Aitken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.20'}^[16].
• 3070 Aitken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1977475'}^[17].
• 3070 Aitken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.195826208151756'}^[18].
• 3070 Aitken's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.8'}^[19].
• 3070 Aitken's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.93'}^[20].
• 3070 Aitken's different from is recorded as Aitken^[21].
• 3070 Aitken's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.34562'}^[22].
• 3070 Aitken's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.345810071093676'}^[23].
• 3070 Aitken's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.5'}^[24].
• 3070 Aitken's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1279.628178090506'}^[25].
• 3070 Aitken's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+6.3939'}^[26].
• 3070 Aitken's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+170.43295'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

3070 Aitken's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Robert Grant Aitken is named after 3070 Aitken^[6].

Why It Matters

3070 Aitken has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]