3670 Northcott

Summary

3670 Northcott is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3670 Northcott is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 3670 Northcott's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3670 Northcott's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Ruth J. Northcott is named after 3670 Northcott^[6].
• 3670 Northcott's follows is recorded as 3669 Vertinskij^[7].
• 3670 Northcott's followed by is recorded as 3671 Dionysus^[8].
• 3670 Northcott's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3670 Northcott's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3670 Northcott's provisional designation is recorded as 1970 JE^[11].
• 3670 Northcott's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 BN^[12].
• 3670 Northcott's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-01-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 3670 Northcott's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7p_8^[14].
• 3670 Northcott's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003670^[15].
• 3670 Northcott's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[16].
• 3670 Northcott's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 3670 Northcott's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02'}^[18].
• 3670 Northcott's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0159746'}^[19].
• 3670 Northcott's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01926909776301086'}^[20].
• 3670 Northcott's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.3'}^[21].
• 3670 Northcott's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.38'}^[22].
• 3670 Northcott's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.44826'}^[23].
• 3670 Northcott's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.441844599867006'}^[24].
• 3670 Northcott's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.54'}^[25].
• 3670 Northcott's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1658.59641791788'}^[26].
• 3670 Northcott's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.992'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3670 Northcott's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Ruth J. Northcott is named after 3670 Northcott^[6].

Why It Matters

3670 Northcott 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]