6688 Donmccarthy

Summary

6688 Donmccarthy is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6688 Donmccarthy is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's follows is recorded as 6687 Lahulla^[6].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's followed by is recorded as 6689 Floss^[7].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 ER17^[10].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1gnr^[12].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006688^[13].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[15].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1724111'}^[16].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.170778357624509'}^[17].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[18].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[19].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.14'}^[20].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.82768'}^[21].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.833578840044331'}^[22].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.47'}^[23].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1999.751519238317'}^[24].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+207.60627'}^[25].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+207.5112245253146'}^[26].
• 6688 Donmccarthy's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1040866'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6688 Donmccarthy's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

6688 Donmccarthy 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 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]