6240 Lucretius Carus

Summary

6240 Lucretius Carus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6240 Lucretius Carus is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Lucretius is named after 6240 Lucretius Carus^[6].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's follows is recorded as 6239 Minos^[7].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's followed by is recorded as 6241 Galante^[8].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 JV^[11].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 AT^[12].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 SL1^[13].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 EV^[14].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-09-26T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y772n^[16].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006240^[17].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06'}^[19].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0559307'}^[20].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05551445044105105'}^[21].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.9'}^[22].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.05'}^[23].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.72201'}^[24].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.721342062239087'}^[25].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.31'}^[26].
• 6240 Lucretius Carus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1208.470110594677'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

6240 Lucretius Carus is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

6240 Lucretius Carus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]