3371 Giacconi

Summary

3371 Giacconi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3371 Giacconi is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 3371 Giacconi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3371 Giacconi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[5].
• Riccardo Giacconi is named after 3371 Giacconi^[6].
• 3371 Giacconi's follows is recorded as 3370 Kohsai^[7].
• 3371 Giacconi's followed by is recorded as 3372 Bratijchuk^[8].
• 3371 Giacconi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3371 Giacconi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3371 Giacconi's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 RZ^[11].
• 3371 Giacconi's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 TP^[12].
• 3371 Giacconi's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 BK1^[13].
• 3371 Giacconi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1955-09-14T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 3371 Giacconi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2p78^[15].
• 3371 Giacconi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003371^[16].
• 3371 Giacconi's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 3371 Giacconi's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 3371 Giacconi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01'}^[19].
• 3371 Giacconi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0131489'}^[20].
• 3371 Giacconi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01491931054891995'}^[21].
• 3371 Giacconi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.1'}^[22].
• 3371 Giacconi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.28'}^[23].
• 3371 Giacconi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.66833'}^[24].
• 3371 Giacconi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.681945304908435'}^[25].
• 3371 Giacconi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.53'}^[26].
• 3371 Giacconi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1654.349809144567'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3371 Giacconi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Riccardo Giacconi is named after 3371 Giacconi^[6].

Why It Matters

3371 Giacconi ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]