3720 Hokkaido

Summary

3720 Hokkaido is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3720 Hokkaido is credited with the discovery of Seiji Ueda^[3].
• 3720 Hokkaido is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Kaneda^[4].
• 3720 Hokkaido's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3720 Hokkaido's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kushiro^[6].
• Hokkaido is named after 3720 Hokkaido^[7].
• 3720 Hokkaido's follows is recorded as 3719 Karamzin^[8].
• 3720 Hokkaido's followed by is recorded as 3721 Widorn^[9].
• 3720 Hokkaido's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 3720 Hokkaido's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 3720 Hokkaido's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 TF^[12].
• 3720 Hokkaido's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 TX13^[13].
• 3720 Hokkaido's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 VJ2^[14].
• 3720 Hokkaido's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 XS1^[15].
• 3720 Hokkaido's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 FN2^[16].
• 3720 Hokkaido's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 UR1^[17].
• 3720 Hokkaido's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-10-28T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 3720 Hokkaido's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3t2v^[19].
• 3720 Hokkaido's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003720^[20].
• 3720 Hokkaido's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 3720 Hokkaido's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[22].
• 3720 Hokkaido's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1264683'}^[23].
• 3720 Hokkaido's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.127399378308948'}^[24].
• 3720 Hokkaido's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[25].
• 3720 Hokkaido's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[26].
• 3720 Hokkaido's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.78972'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3720 Hokkaido's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Hokkaido is named after 3720 Hokkaido^[7].

Why It Matters

3720 Hokkaido 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 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]