656 Beagle

Summary

656 Beagle is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 656 Beagle is credited with the discovery of August Kopff^[3].
• 656 Beagle's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 656 Beagle's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• HMS Beagle is named after 656 Beagle^[6].
• 656 Beagle followed 655 Briseïs^[7].
• 656 Beagle was followed by 657 Gunlöd^[8].
• 656 Beagle's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 656 Beagle's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 656 Beagle's provisional designation is recorded as 1908 BU^[11].
• 656 Beagle's provisional designation is recorded as 1917 Sed^[12].
• 656 Beagle's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 HJ^[13].
• 656 Beagle's provisional designation is recorded as A917 ST^[14].
• 656 Beagle's provisional designation is recorded as A908 BJ^[15].
• 656 Beagle's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1908-01-22T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 656 Beagle's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 656 Beagle's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1301124795163116'}^[18].
• 656 Beagle's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.05'}^[19].
• 656 Beagle's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.514'}^[20].
• 656 Beagle's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.5181420109000919'}^[21].
• 656 Beagle's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2047.965564508629'}^[22].
• 656 Beagle's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+7.035'}^[23].
• 656 Beagle's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+184.1583374477432'}^[24].
• 656 Beagle's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.156090747444722'}^[25].
• 656 Beagle's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.566737540173244'}^[26].
• 656 Beagle's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.745443954716201'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

656 Beagle's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

HMS Beagle is named after 656 Beagle^[6].

Why It Matters

656 Beagle has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]