5875 Kuga

Summary

5875 Kuga is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5875 Kuga is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 5875 Kuga is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 5875 Kuga's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5875 Kuga's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• 5875 Kuga's follows is recorded as (5874) 1989 XB^[7].
• 5875 Kuga's followed by is recorded as (5876) 1990 DM2^[8].
• 5875 Kuga's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5875 Kuga's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5875 Kuga's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 TA4^[11].
• 5875 Kuga's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 XO^[12].
• 5875 Kuga's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-12-05T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5875 Kuga's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y651t^[14].
• 5875 Kuga's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005875^[15].
• 5875 Kuga's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5875 Kuga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[17].
• 5875 Kuga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0500599'}^[18].
• 5875 Kuga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04853405732135302'}^[19].
• 5875 Kuga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.5'}^[20].
• 5875 Kuga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.56'}^[21].
• 5875 Kuga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.46784'}^[22].
• 5875 Kuga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.462022829458977'}^[23].
• 5875 Kuga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.67'}^[24].
• 5875 Kuga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1340.361748781475'}^[25].
• 5875 Kuga's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.551'}^[26].
• 5875 Kuga's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+287.10929'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5875 Kuga's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

5875 Kuga 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 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]