6461 Adam

Summary

6461 Adam is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6461 Adam is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].
• 6461 Adam's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6461 Adam's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Robert Adam is named after 6461 Adam^[6].
• 6461 Adam followed Q619487^[7].
• 6461 Adam was followed by 6462 Myougi^[8].
• 6461 Adam's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6461 Adam's minor planet group is recorded as inner asteroid belt^[10].
• 6461 Adam's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 6461 Adam's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 VB5^[12].
• 6461 Adam's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-11-04T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 6461 Adam's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 6461 Adam's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[15].
• 6461 Adam's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1022499'}^[16].
• 6461 Adam's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1019133050324836'}^[17].
• 6461 Adam's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.2'}^[18].
• 6461 Adam's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.3'}^[19].
• 6461 Adam's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.44'}^[20].
• 6461 Adam's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+23.41834'}^[21].
• 6461 Adam's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+23.42166057878802'}^[22].
• 6461 Adam's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+2.73'}^[23].
• 6461 Adam's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+996.6528429476328'}^[24].
• 6461 Adam's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+46.29'}^[25].
• 6461 Adam's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+154.17622'}^[26].
• 6461 Adam's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+154.1225814144186'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

6461 Adam's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Robert Adam is named after 6461 Adam^[6].

Why It Matters

6461 Adam has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]