6474 Choate

Summary

6474 Choate is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6474 Choate is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 6474 Choate's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6474 Choate's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 6474 Choate's follows is recorded as 6473 Winkler^[6].
• 6474 Choate's followed by is recorded as 6475 Refugium^[7].
• 6474 Choate's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 6474 Choate's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 6474 Choate's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 SP^[10].
• 6474 Choate's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 XO6^[11].
• 6474 Choate's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SG1^[12].
• 6474 Choate's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-09-21T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 6474 Choate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y175r^[14].
• 6474 Choate's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006474^[15].
• 6474 Choate's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 6474 Choate's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.30'}^[17].
• 6474 Choate's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2999937'}^[18].
• 6474 Choate's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2983708731299345'}^[19].
• 6474 Choate's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[20].
• 6474 Choate's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.44'}^[21].
• 6474 Choate's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.27083'}^[22].
• 6474 Choate's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.26547077491448'}^[23].
• 6474 Choate's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.11'}^[24].
• 6474 Choate's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1503.05686277216'}^[25].
• 6474 Choate's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+175.36801'}^[26].
• 6474 Choate's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+175.2385889119734'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6474 Choate's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

6474 Choate ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]