6152 Empedocles

Summary

6152 Empedocles is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6152 Empedocles is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 6152 Empedocles's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6152 Empedocles's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Empedocles is named after 6152 Empedocles^[6].
• 6152 Empedocles followed Q403635^[7].
• 6152 Empedocles was followed by 6153 Hershey^[8].
• 6152 Empedocles's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6152 Empedocles's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6152 Empedocles's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 BE6^[11].
• 6152 Empedocles's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 JY1^[12].
• 6152 Empedocles's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 GB3^[13].
• 6152 Empedocles's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-04-03T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 6152 Empedocles's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 6152 Empedocles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.20'}^[16].
• 6152 Empedocles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2044007'}^[17].
• 6152 Empedocles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2060362063011244'}^[18].
• 6152 Empedocles's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.7'}^[19].
• 6152 Empedocles's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.8'}^[20].
• 6152 Empedocles's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.01'}^[21].
• 6152 Empedocles's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.63103'}^[22].
• 6152 Empedocles's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.613777700101189'}^[23].
• 6152 Empedocles's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.11'}^[24].
• 6152 Empedocles's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1500.954247540686'}^[25].
• 6152 Empedocles's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.55523'}^[26].
• 6152 Empedocles's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.193575278780284'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

6152 Empedocles's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Empedocles is named after 6152 Empedocles^[6].

Why It Matters

6152 Empedocles has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]