3243 Skytel

Summary

3243 Skytel is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3243 Skytel is credited with the discovery of Harvard College Observatory^[3].
• 3243 Skytel is credited with the discovery of Oak Ridge Observatory^[4].
• 3243 Skytel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3243 Skytel's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Oak Ridge Observatory^[6].
• Sky & Telescope is named after 3243 Skytel^[7].
• 3243 Skytel followed 3242 Bakhchisaraj^[8].
• 3243 Skytel was followed by Q151110^[9].
• 3243 Skytel's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 3243 Skytel's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 3243 Skytel's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 DC^[12].
• 3243 Skytel's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-02-19T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 3243 Skytel's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 3243 Skytel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}^[15].
• 3243 Skytel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1050940'}^[16].
• 3243 Skytel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.102275991209792'}^[17].
• 3243 Skytel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[18].
• 3243 Skytel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.7'}^[19].
• 3243 Skytel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.33100'}^[20].
• 3243 Skytel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.329578137984495'}^[21].
• 3243 Skytel's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.3'}^[22].
• 3243 Skytel's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1932.760616114447'}^[23].
• 3243 Skytel's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+349.21422'}^[24].
• 3243 Skytel's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+349.131247252495'}^[25].
• 3243 Skytel's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0384261'}^[26].
• 3243 Skytel's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.036591884584859'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

3243 Skytel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Origins

Sky & Telescope is named after 3243 Skytel^[7].

Why It Matters

3243 Skytel has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]