6659 Pietsch

Summary

6659 Pietsch is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6659 Pietsch is credited with the discovery of Takeshi Urata^[3].
• 6659 Pietsch's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6659 Pietsch's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nihondaira Observatory^[5].
• 6659 Pietsch's follows is recorded as 6658 Akiraabe^[6].
• 6659 Pietsch's followed by is recorded as 6660 Matsumoto^[7].
• 6659 Pietsch's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 6659 Pietsch's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 6659 Pietsch's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 VH1^[10].
• 6659 Pietsch's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 UO1^[11].
• 6659 Pietsch's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 YN^[12].
• 6659 Pietsch's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-12-24T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 6659 Pietsch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c0307k^[14].
• 6659 Pietsch's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006659^[15].
• 6659 Pietsch's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 6659 Pietsch's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[17].
• 6659 Pietsch's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1088425'}^[18].
• 6659 Pietsch's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1082434723456354'}^[19].
• 6659 Pietsch's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[20].
• 6659 Pietsch's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.45'}^[21].
• 6659 Pietsch's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.21303'}^[22].
• 6659 Pietsch's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.208107090561096'}^[23].
• 6659 Pietsch's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.65'}^[24].
• 6659 Pietsch's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1334.673174560759'}^[25].
• 6659 Pietsch's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.985'}^[26].
• 6659 Pietsch's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+258.75861'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6659 Pietsch's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

6659 Pietsch 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]