6440 Ransome

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6440 Ransome

Summary

6440 Ransome is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 6440 Ransome is credited with the discovery of Antonín Mrkos[3].
  • 6440 Ransome's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 6440 Ransome's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory[5].
  • Arthur Ransome is named after 6440 Ransome[6].
  • 6440 Ransome's follows is recorded as Q156092[7].
  • 6440 Ransome's followed by is recorded as 6441 Milenajesenská[8].
  • 6440 Ransome's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 6440 Ransome's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 6440 Ransome's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 RA2[11].
  • 6440 Ransome's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 SS12[12].
  • 6440 Ransome's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-09-08T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 6440 Ransome's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03clk72[14].
  • 6440 Ransome's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006440[15].
  • 6440 Ransome's significant event is recorded as naming[16].
  • 6440 Ransome's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.19'}[17].
  • 6440 Ransome's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1888788'}[18].
  • 6440 Ransome's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1893653335126637'}[19].
  • 6440 Ransome's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.9'}[20].
  • 6440 Ransome's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.07'}[21].
  • 6440 Ransome's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.51132'}[22].
  • 6440 Ransome's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.511563609568658'}[23].
  • 6440 Ransome's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.85'}[24].
  • 6440 Ransome's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1403.999045456394'}[25].
  • 6440 Ransome's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+171.97761'}[26].
  • 6440 Ransome's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+171.9133305868593'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

6440 Ransome is credited with the discovery of Antonín Mrkos[3].

Why It Matters

6440 Ransome has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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