3587 Descartes

Summary

3587 Descartes is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3587 Descartes is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Zhuravlyova^[3].
• 3587 Descartes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3587 Descartes's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• René Descartes is named after 3587 Descartes^[6].
• 3587 Descartes followed 3586 Vasnetsov^[7].
• 3587 Descartes was followed by Q596450^[8].
• 3587 Descartes's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3587 Descartes's Commons category is recorded as 3587 Descartes^[10].
• 3587 Descartes's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 3587 Descartes's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 GE1^[12].
• 3587 Descartes's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 RK5^[13].
• 3587 Descartes's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 AR2^[14].
• 3587 Descartes's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-09-08T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 3587 Descartes's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[16].
• 3587 Descartes's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 3587 Descartes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04'}^[18].
• 3587 Descartes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0394244'}^[19].
• 3587 Descartes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.03682163824901139'}^[20].
• 3587 Descartes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.7'}^[21].
• 3587 Descartes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.94'}^[22].
• 3587 Descartes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.82782'}^[23].
• 3587 Descartes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.826698977190341'}^[24].
• 3587 Descartes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.44'}^[25].
• 3587 Descartes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1624.006761297647'}^[26].
• 3587 Descartes's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+32.97767'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

3587 Descartes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

René Descartes is named after 3587 Descartes^[6].

Why It Matters

3587 Descartes has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]