6763 Kochiny

Summary

6763 Kochiny is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6763 Kochiny is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Karachkina^[3].
• 6763 Kochiny's image is recorded as 006763-asteroid shape model (6763) Kochiny.png^[4].
• 6763 Kochiny's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6763 Kochiny's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[6].
• Nikolai Kochin is named after 6763 Kochiny^[7].
• Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina is named after 6763 Kochiny^[8].
• 6763 Kochiny's follows is recorded as 6762 Cyrenagoodrich^[9].
• 6763 Kochiny's followed by is recorded as Q495788^[10].
• 6763 Kochiny's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 6763 Kochiny's Commons category is recorded as 6763 Kochiny^[12].
• 6763 Kochiny's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 6763 Kochiny's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 RA2^[14].
• 6763 Kochiny's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SA4^[15].
• 6763 Kochiny's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-09-07T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 6763 Kochiny's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5yls^[17].
• 6763 Kochiny's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006763^[18].
• 6763 Kochiny's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 6763 Kochiny's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.25'}^[20].
• 6763 Kochiny's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2465404'}^[21].
• 6763 Kochiny's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2456335882103073'}^[22].
• 6763 Kochiny's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[23].
• 6763 Kochiny's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[24].
• 6763 Kochiny's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.51'}^[25].
• 6763 Kochiny's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.47355'}^[26].
• 6763 Kochiny's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.46795353965392'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6763 Kochiny's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Things named after include Nikolai Kochin^[7], a mathematician^[28], 1901–1944^[29], of Soviet Union^[30], specialised in physics^[31] and Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina^[8], a mathematician^[32], 1899–1999^[33], of Soviet Union^[34], awarded the Stalin Prize, 2nd degree^[35], specialised in mechanics^[36].

Why It Matters

6763 Kochiny ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]