606 Brangäne

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 606 Brangäne is credited with the discovery of August Kopff^[3].
• 606 Brangäne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 606 Brangäne's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Brangaine is named after 606 Brangäne^[6].
• 606 Brangäne's follows is recorded as 605 Juvisia^[7].
• 606 Brangäne's followed by is recorded as Q155838^[8].
• 606 Brangäne's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 606 Brangäne's Commons category is recorded as 606 Brangäne^[10].
• 606 Brangäne's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 606 Brangäne's provisional designation is recorded as 1906 VB^[12].
• 606 Brangäne's provisional designation is recorded as A906 SK^[13].
• 606 Brangäne's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1906-09-18T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 606 Brangäne's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08l_5n^[15].
• 606 Brangäne's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000606^[16].
• 606 Brangäne's asteroid spectral type is recorded as T-type asteroid^[17].
• 606 Brangäne's asteroid spectral type is recorded as K-type asteroid^[18].
• 606 Brangäne's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 606 Brangäne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2207168721361538'}^[20].
• 606 Brangäne's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.35'}^[21].
• 606 Brangäne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.626'}^[22].
• 606 Brangäne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.597833074877114'}^[23].
• 606 Brangäne's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1519.497697110894'}^[24].
• 606 Brangäne's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.295'}^[25].
• 606 Brangäne's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+318.413417387807'}^[26].
• 606 Brangäne's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.586630611310758'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

606 Brangäne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Brangaine is named after 606 Brangäne^[6].

Why It Matters

606 Brangäne ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]