6318 Cronkite

Summary

6318 Cronkite is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6318 Cronkite is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 6318 Cronkite's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6318 Cronkite's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Walter Cronkite is named after 6318 Cronkite^[6].
• 6318 Cronkite's follows is recorded as Q557063^[7].
• 6318 Cronkite's followed by is recorded as Q557088^[8].
• 6318 Cronkite's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 6318 Cronkite's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6318 Cronkite's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 WA^[11].
• 6318 Cronkite's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-11-18T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 6318 Cronkite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y19wb^[13].
• 6318 Cronkite's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006318^[14].
• 6318 Cronkite's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 6318 Cronkite's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.46'}^[16].
• 6318 Cronkite's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4627503'}^[17].
• 6318 Cronkite's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.460753579529557'}^[18].
• 6318 Cronkite's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.6'}^[19].
• 6318 Cronkite's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.81'}^[20].
• 6318 Cronkite's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+25.88331'}^[21].
• 6318 Cronkite's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+25.82457185426657'}^[22].
• 6318 Cronkite's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.98'}^[23].
• 6318 Cronkite's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1458.312974561884'}^[24].
• 6318 Cronkite's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+71.10685'}^[25].
• 6318 Cronkite's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+70.99321692990823'}^[26].
• 6318 Cronkite's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5130360'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

6318 Cronkite is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].

Why It Matters

6318 Cronkite has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]