6690 Messick

Summary

6690 Messick is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6690 Messick is credited with the discovery of Brian A. Skiff^[3].
• 6690 Messick's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6690 Messick's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 6690 Messick's follows is recorded as 6689 Floss^[6].
• 6690 Messick's followed by is recorded as 6691 Trussoni^[7].
• 6690 Messick's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 6690 Messick's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 6690 Messick's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 SY1^[10].
• 6690 Messick's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 UM^[11].
• 6690 Messick's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-09-25T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 6690 Messick's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7ftk^[13].
• 6690 Messick's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006690^[14].
• 6690 Messick's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 6690 Messick's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[16].
• 6690 Messick's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1534443'}^[17].
• 6690 Messick's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1540544303018409'}^[18].
• 6690 Messick's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[19].
• 6690 Messick's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.67'}^[20].
• 6690 Messick's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.75829'}^[21].
• 6690 Messick's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.756432448079955'}^[22].
• 6690 Messick's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.4'}^[23].
• 6690 Messick's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1240.864791992836'}^[24].
• 6690 Messick's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+319.28333'}^[25].
• 6690 Messick's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+319.2138293101274'}^[26].
• 6690 Messick's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2602361'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6690 Messick's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

6690 Messick has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]