3563 Canterbury

Summary

3563 Canterbury is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3563 Canterbury is credited with the discovery of Alan Gilmore^[3].
• 3563 Canterbury is credited with the discovery of Pamela Kilmartin^[4].
• 3563 Canterbury's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3563 Canterbury's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount John University Observatory^[6].
• Canterbury Province is named after 3563 Canterbury^[7].
• 3563 Canterbury's follows is recorded as 3562 Ignatius^[8].
• 3563 Canterbury's followed by is recorded as 3564 Talthybius^[9].
• 3563 Canterbury's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 3563 Canterbury's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 3563 Canterbury's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VL6^[12].
• 3563 Canterbury's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 FE^[13].
• 3563 Canterbury's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-03-23T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 3563 Canterbury's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qj596^[15].
• 3563 Canterbury's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003563^[16].
• 3563 Canterbury's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[17].
• 3563 Canterbury's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 3563 Canterbury's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.18'}^[19].
• 3563 Canterbury's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1811360'}^[20].
• 3563 Canterbury's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1773439936401963'}^[21].
• 3563 Canterbury's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.7'}^[22].
• 3563 Canterbury's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.79'}^[23].
• 3563 Canterbury's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.95579'}^[24].
• 3563 Canterbury's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.95546016558119'}^[25].
• 3563 Canterbury's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.66'}^[26].
• 3563 Canterbury's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1707.553525037785'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Alan Gilmore^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1944^[29], of New Zealand^[30], awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit^[31] and Pamela Kilmartin^[4], an astronomer^[32], b. 2000^[33], of New Zealand^[34], awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit^[35], specialised in astronomy^[36].

Why It Matters

3563 Canterbury has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]