6738 Tanabe

Summary

6738 Tanabe is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6738 Tanabe is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 6738 Tanabe is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 6738 Tanabe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6738 Tanabe's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• 6738 Tanabe's follows is recorded as 6737 Okabayashi^[7].
• 6738 Tanabe's followed by is recorded as 6739 Tärendö^[8].
• 6738 Tanabe's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6738 Tanabe's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6738 Tanabe's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 EJ4^[11].
• 6738 Tanabe's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BO13^[12].
• 6738 Tanabe's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 YU^[13].
• 6738 Tanabe's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RU31^[14].
• 6738 Tanabe's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FD1^[15].
• 6738 Tanabe's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-03-20T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 6738 Tanabe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh293^[17].
• 6738 Tanabe's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006738^[18].
• 6738 Tanabe's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 6738 Tanabe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[20].
• 6738 Tanabe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1582752'}^[21].
• 6738 Tanabe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1594953304224757'}^[22].
• 6738 Tanabe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[23].
• 6738 Tanabe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[24].
• 6738 Tanabe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.71'}^[25].
• 6738 Tanabe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.47965'}^[26].
• 6738 Tanabe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.4786693835224538'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6738 Tanabe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

6738 Tanabe ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]