63387 Brazos Bend

Summary

63387 Brazos Bend is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 63387 Brazos Bend is credited with the discovery of George Observatory^[3].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Needville^[5].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as George Observatory^[6].
• Brazos Bend State Park is named after 63387 Brazos Bend^[7].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's follows is recorded as (63386) 2001 HW66^[8].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's followed by is recorded as (63388) 2001 HE67^[9].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AO230^[12].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 HC67^[13].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-04-29T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y128n^[15].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20063387^[16].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[18].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2251470927816712'}^[19].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[20].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.97'}^[21].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.5'}^[22].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.478155902027879'}^[23].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1353.018333262908'}^[24].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+60.4'}^[25].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+60.27788271125185'}^[26].
• 63387 Brazos Bend's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.394069954365417'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

63387 Brazos Bend's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Brazos Bend State Park is named after 63387 Brazos Bend^[7].

Why It Matters

63387 Brazos Bend ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]