6229 Tursachan

Summary

6229 Tursachan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6229 Tursachan is credited with the discovery of Brian A. Skiff^[3].
• 6229 Tursachan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6229 Tursachan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• standing stones is named after 6229 Tursachan^[6].
• 6229 Tursachan's follows is recorded as Q555067^[7].
• 6229 Tursachan's followed by is recorded as Q555108^[8].
• 6229 Tursachan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6229 Tursachan's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Tursachan symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 6229 Tursachan's Commons category is recorded as 6229 Tursachan^[11].
• 6229 Tursachan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 6229 Tursachan's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 VN7^[13].
• 6229 Tursachan's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 RC2^[14].
• 6229 Tursachan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-11-04T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6229 Tursachan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhh6h^[16].
• 6229 Tursachan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006229^[17].
• 6229 Tursachan's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 6229 Tursachan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[19].
• 6229 Tursachan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1823022'}^[20].
• 6229 Tursachan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1778311620896253'}^[21].
• 6229 Tursachan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[22].
• 6229 Tursachan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[23].
• 6229 Tursachan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.43'}^[24].
• 6229 Tursachan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.64892'}^[25].
• 6229 Tursachan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.653432985795381'}^[26].
• 6229 Tursachan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.42'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6229 Tursachan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

standing stones is named after 6229 Tursachan^[6].

Why It Matters

6229 Tursachan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]