3437 Kapitsa

Summary

3437 Kapitsa is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3437 Kapitsa is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Karachkina^[3].
• 3437 Kapitsa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3437 Kapitsa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Pyotr Kapitsa is named after 3437 Kapitsa^[6].
• 3437 Kapitsa followed 3436 Ibadinov^[7].
• 3437 Kapitsa was followed by 3438 Inarradas^[8].
• 3437 Kapitsa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3437 Kapitsa's Commons category is recorded as 3437 Kapitsa^[10].
• 3437 Kapitsa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 3437 Kapitsa's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 UE^[12].
• 3437 Kapitsa's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 FA^[13].
• 3437 Kapitsa's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 YC1^[14].
• 3437 Kapitsa's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 WS1^[15].
• 3437 Kapitsa's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 UZ5^[16].
• 3437 Kapitsa's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 VS5^[17].
• 3437 Kapitsa's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 HU1^[18].
• 3437 Kapitsa's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 KV^[19].
• 3437 Kapitsa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-10-20T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 3437 Kapitsa's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 3437 Kapitsa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}^[22].
• 3437 Kapitsa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0747180'}^[23].
• 3437 Kapitsa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07482876388890973'}^[24].
• 3437 Kapitsa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.9'}^[25].
• 3437 Kapitsa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.0'}^[26].
• 3437 Kapitsa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.93927'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

3437 Kapitsa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Pyotr Kapitsa is named after 3437 Kapitsa^[6].

Why It Matters

3437 Kapitsa has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]