6647 Josse

Summary

6647 Josse is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6647 Josse is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 6647 Josse's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6647 Josse's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• 6647 Josse's follows is recorded as 6646 Churanta^[6].
• 6647 Josse's followed by is recorded as (6648) 1991 PM11^[7].
• 6647 Josse's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 6647 Josse's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 6647 Josse's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 TG5^[10].
• 6647 Josse's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 VZ2^[11].
• 6647 Josse's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 SH7^[12].
• 6647 Josse's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 GG5^[13].
• 6647 Josse's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 UG1^[14].
• 6647 Josse's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-04-08T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6647 Josse's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y55j9^[16].
• 6647 Josse's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006647^[17].
• 6647 Josse's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 6647 Josse's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[19].
• 6647 Josse's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1965621'}^[20].
• 6647 Josse's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.196399186896984'}^[21].
• 6647 Josse's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[22].
• 6647 Josse's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[23].
• 6647 Josse's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.14'}^[24].
• 6647 Josse's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.14357'}^[25].
• 6647 Josse's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.144332281730881'}^[26].
• 6647 Josse's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.28'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6647 Josse's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

6647 Josse ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]