6797 Östersund

Summary

6797 Östersund is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6797 Östersund is credited with the discovery of Uppsala–ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets^[3].
• 6797 Östersund's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6797 Östersund's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Östersund is named after 6797 Östersund^[6].
• 6797 Östersund's follows is recorded as Q331815^[7].
• 6797 Östersund's followed by is recorded as Q156441^[8].
• 6797 Östersund's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6797 Östersund's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6797 Östersund's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 SZ5^[11].
• 6797 Östersund's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 UH6^[12].
• 6797 Östersund's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 VY5^[13].
• 6797 Östersund's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FG25^[14].
• 6797 Östersund's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 UE9^[15].
• 6797 Östersund's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-03-21T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 6797 Östersund's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04g236w^[17].
• 6797 Östersund's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006797^[18].
• 6797 Östersund's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 6797 Östersund's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[20].
• 6797 Östersund's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0695151'}^[21].
• 6797 Östersund's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06611939373577634'}^[22].
• 6797 Östersund's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.4'}^[23].
• 6797 Östersund's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.5'}^[24].
• 6797 Östersund's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.59'}^[25].
• 6797 Östersund's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.12837'}^[26].
• 6797 Östersund's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.128695384554415'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6797 Östersund's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Östersund is named after 6797 Östersund^[6].

Why It Matters

6797 Östersund 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.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]