6568 Serendip

Summary

6568 Serendip is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6568 Serendip is credited with the discovery of Seiji Ueda^[3].
• 6568 Serendip is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Kaneda^[4].
• 6568 Serendip's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6568 Serendip's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kushiro^[6].
• Sri Lanka is named after 6568 Serendip^[7].
• 6568 Serendip's follows is recorded as 6567 Shigemasa^[8].
• 6568 Serendip's followed by is recorded as 6569 Ondaatje^[9].
• 6568 Serendip's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 6568 Serendip's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 6568 Serendip's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 TV2^[12].
• 6568 Serendip's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SC20^[13].
• 6568 Serendip's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 EK5^[14].
• 6568 Serendip's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 DT^[15].
• 6568 Serendip's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-02-21T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 6568 Serendip's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04g22fs^[17].
• 6568 Serendip's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006568^[18].
• 6568 Serendip's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 6568 Serendip's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.17'}^[20].
• 6568 Serendip's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1671595'}^[21].
• 6568 Serendip's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1686874369787042'}^[22].
• 6568 Serendip's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.1'}^[23].
• 6568 Serendip's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.29'}^[24].
• 6568 Serendip's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.44878'}^[25].
• 6568 Serendip's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.466210985046455'}^[26].
• 6568 Serendip's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.06'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Seiji Ueda^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1952^[29], of Japan^[30] and Hiroshi Kaneda^[4], an astronomer^[31], b. 1953^[32], of Japan^[33], specialised in astronomy^[34].

Why It Matters

6568 Serendip has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]