6001 Thales

Summary

6001 Thales is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6001 Thales is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 6001 Thales's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6001 Thales's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Thales is named after 6001 Thales^[6].
• 6001 Thales followed Q155782^[7].
• 6001 Thales was followed by Q1413082^[8].
• 6001 Thales's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6001 Thales's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6001 Thales's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 SR8^[11].
• 6001 Thales's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 CP2^[12].
• 6001 Thales's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VZ4^[13].
• 6001 Thales's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-02-11T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 6001 Thales's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 6001 Thales's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0546'}^[16].
• 6001 Thales's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0539647'}^[17].
• 6001 Thales's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05090218946823925'}^[18].
• 6001 Thales's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.6'}^[19].
• 6001 Thales's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.7'}^[20].
• 6001 Thales's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.77'}^[21].
• 6001 Thales's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.00385'}^[22].
• 6001 Thales's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.006264531759781'}^[23].
• 6001 Thales's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.83'}^[24].
• 6001 Thales's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1762.159219078407'}^[25].
• 6001 Thales's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+133.12'}^[26].
• 6001 Thales's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+129.66724'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

6001 Thales's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Thales is named after 6001 Thales^[6].

Why It Matters

6001 Thales has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]