3488 Brahic

Summary

3488 Brahic is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3488 Brahic is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 3488 Brahic's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3488 Brahic's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• André Brahic is named after 3488 Brahic^[6].
• 3488 Brahic's follows is recorded as 3487 Edgeworth^[7].
• 3488 Brahic's followed by is recorded as 3489 Lottie^[8].
• 3488 Brahic's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3488 Brahic's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3488 Brahic's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 PM^[11].
• 3488 Brahic's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-08-08T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 3488 Brahic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y121f^[13].
• 3488 Brahic's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003488^[14].
• 3488 Brahic's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 3488 Brahic's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.182614'}^[16].
• 3488 Brahic's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1845692'}^[17].
• 3488 Brahic's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1845316713444706'}^[18].
• 3488 Brahic's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[19].
• 3488 Brahic's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.18'}^[20].
• 3488 Brahic's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.12314'}^[21].
• 3488 Brahic's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.11859123415836'}^[22].
• 3488 Brahic's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.21'}^[23].
• 3488 Brahic's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1537.307983649683'}^[24].
• 3488 Brahic's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+142.04797'}^[25].
• 3488 Brahic's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+142.0048696731339'}^[26].
• 3488 Brahic's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6067368'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3488 Brahic's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

André Brahic is named after 3488 Brahic^[6].

Why It Matters

3488 Brahic ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]