6689 Floss

Summary

6689 Floss is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6689 Floss is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 6689 Floss's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6689 Floss's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Christine Floss is named after 6689 Floss^[6].
• 6689 Floss's follows is recorded as 6688 Donmccarthy^[7].
• 6689 Floss's followed by is recorded as 6690 Messick^[8].
• 6689 Floss's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6689 Floss's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6689 Floss's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EQ24^[11].
• 6689 Floss's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 GX4^[12].
• 6689 Floss's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 6689 Floss's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y26yz^[14].
• 6689 Floss's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006689^[15].
• 6689 Floss's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 6689 Floss's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[17].
• 6689 Floss's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1726704'}^[18].
• 6689 Floss's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1727740943465117'}^[19].
• 6689 Floss's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[20].
• 6689 Floss's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[21].
• 6689 Floss's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.01'}^[22].
• 6689 Floss's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.41992'}^[23].
• 6689 Floss's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.422409928236808'}^[24].
• 6689 Floss's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.29'}^[25].
• 6689 Floss's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1201.803840519595'}^[26].
• 6689 Floss's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+0.88'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6689 Floss's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Christine Floss is named after 6689 Floss^[6].

Why It Matters

6689 Floss ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]