6741 Liyuan

Summary

6741 Liyuan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6741 Liyuan is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 6741 Liyuan is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 6741 Liyuan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6741 Liyuan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• Li Yuan is named after 6741 Liyuan^[7].
• 6741 Liyuan's follows is recorded as 6740 Goff^[8].
• 6741 Liyuan's followed by is recorded as 6742 Biandepei^[9].
• 6741 Liyuan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 6741 Liyuan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 6741 Liyuan's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 UM21^[12].
• 6741 Liyuan's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 DA5^[13].
• 6741 Liyuan's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 DA6^[14].
• 6741 Liyuan's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 PD9^[15].
• 6741 Liyuan's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 FX^[16].
• 6741 Liyuan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-03-31T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 6741 Liyuan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y75z5^[18].
• 6741 Liyuan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006741^[19].
• 6741 Liyuan's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 6741 Liyuan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[21].
• 6741 Liyuan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1949017'}^[22].
• 6741 Liyuan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1960050758436995'}^[23].
• 6741 Liyuan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[24].
• 6741 Liyuan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.82'}^[25].
• 6741 Liyuan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.70868'}^[26].
• 6741 Liyuan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.707602601432654'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6741 Liyuan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Li Yuan is named after 6741 Liyuan^[7].

Why It Matters

6741 Liyuan 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 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]