6261 Chione

Summary

6261 Chione is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6261 Chione is credited with the discovery of Hans-Emil Schuster^[3].
• 6261 Chione's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6261 Chione's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• 6261 Chione followed Q372638^[6].
• 6261 Chione was followed by 6262 Javid^[7].
• 6261 Chione's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[8].
• 6261 Chione's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 6261 Chione's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 WC^[10].
• 6261 Chione's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 FH^[11].
• 6261 Chione's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1976-11-30T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 6261 Chione's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 6261 Chione's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.35'}^[14].
• 6261 Chione's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3500782'}^[15].
• 6261 Chione's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3496685856014196'}^[16].
• 6261 Chione's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.2'}^[17].
• 6261 Chione's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.3'}^[18].
• 6261 Chione's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+21.85150'}^[19].
• 6261 Chione's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+21.84354540830641'}^[20].
• 6261 Chione's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.61'}^[21].
• 6261 Chione's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1321.013248827046'}^[22].
• 6261 Chione's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+5.3334'}^[23].
• 6261 Chione's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+163.74668'}^[24].
• 6261 Chione's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+163.7134007254821'}^[25].
• 6261 Chione's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3547675'}^[26].
• 6261 Chione's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.356165708234526'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

6261 Chione's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

6261 Chione has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]