3557 Sokolsky

Summary

3557 Sokolsky is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3557 Sokolsky is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 3557 Sokolsky's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3557 Sokolsky's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Andrey Georgievich Sokolskiy is named after 3557 Sokolsky^[6].
• 3557 Sokolsky's follows is recorded as 3556 Lixiaohua^[7].
• 3557 Sokolsky's followed by is recorded as 3558 Shishkin^[8].
• 3557 Sokolsky's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3557 Sokolsky's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 3557 Sokolsky's Commons category is recorded as 3557 Sokolsky^[11].
• 3557 Sokolsky's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 3557 Sokolsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 TD3^[13].
• 3557 Sokolsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 QE1^[14].
• 3557 Sokolsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 QO^[15].
• 3557 Sokolsky's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-08-19T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 3557 Sokolsky's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygpd0^[17].
• 3557 Sokolsky's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003557^[18].
• 3557 Sokolsky's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 3557 Sokolsky's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[20].
• 3557 Sokolsky's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1733091'}^[21].
• 3557 Sokolsky's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1721412144747732'}^[22].
• 3557 Sokolsky's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.9'}^[23].
• 3557 Sokolsky's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.01'}^[24].
• 3557 Sokolsky's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.04805'}^[25].
• 3557 Sokolsky's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.052852669534905'}^[26].
• 3557 Sokolsky's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+8.02'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3557 Sokolsky's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Andrey Georgievich Sokolskiy is named after 3557 Sokolsky^[6].

Why It Matters

3557 Sokolsky ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]