6615 Plutarchos

Summary

6615 Plutarchos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6615 Plutarchos is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 6615 Plutarchos is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 6615 Plutarchos is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 6615 Plutarchos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 6615 Plutarchos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Plutarch is named after 6615 Plutarchos^[8].
• 6615 Plutarchos's follows is recorded as Q638605^[9].
• 6615 Plutarchos's followed by is recorded as 6616 Plotinos^[10].
• 6615 Plutarchos's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 6615 Plutarchos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 6615 Plutarchos's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 EW^[13].
• 6615 Plutarchos's provisional designation is recorded as 9512 P-L^[14].
• 6615 Plutarchos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-10-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6615 Plutarchos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y80cw^[16].
• 6615 Plutarchos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006615^[17].
• 6615 Plutarchos's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 6615 Plutarchos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[19].
• 6615 Plutarchos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1262717'}^[20].
• 6615 Plutarchos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1263415965547454'}^[21].
• 6615 Plutarchos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[22].
• 6615 Plutarchos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.77'}^[23].
• 6615 Plutarchos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.79702'}^[24].
• 6615 Plutarchos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.798365021455089'}^[25].
• 6615 Plutarchos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.2'}^[26].
• 6615 Plutarchos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1167.861920617687'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6615 Plutarchos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Plutarch is named after 6615 Plutarchos^[8].

Why It Matters

6615 Plutarchos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]