6789 Milkey

Summary

6789 Milkey is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6789 Milkey is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 6789 Milkey's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6789 Milkey's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 6789 Milkey's follows is recorded as (6788) 1991 PH15^[6].
• 6789 Milkey's followed by is recorded as Q646114^[7].
• 6789 Milkey's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 6789 Milkey's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 6789 Milkey's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BC13^[10].
• 6789 Milkey's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 AT9^[11].
• 6789 Milkey's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RM6^[12].
• 6789 Milkey's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-09-04T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 6789 Milkey's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043rp7t^[14].
• 6789 Milkey's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006789^[15].
• 6789 Milkey's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 6789 Milkey's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 6789 Milkey's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1404979'}^[18].
• 6789 Milkey's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1408326048820323'}^[19].
• 6789 Milkey's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[20].
• 6789 Milkey's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[21].
• 6789 Milkey's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.16710'}^[22].
• 6789 Milkey's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.172279603466003'}^[23].
• 6789 Milkey's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.57'}^[24].
• 6789 Milkey's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1305.4862398737'}^[25].
• 6789 Milkey's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+138.08329'}^[26].
• 6789 Milkey's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+137.9404515351414'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6789 Milkey's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

6789 Milkey ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]