6798 Couperin

Summary

6798 Couperin is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6798 Couperin is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 6798 Couperin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6798 Couperin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Louis Couperin is named after 6798 Couperin^[6].
• 6798 Couperin's follows is recorded as 6797 Östersund^[7].
• 6798 Couperin's followed by is recorded as 6799 Citfiftythree^[8].
• 6798 Couperin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6798 Couperin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6798 Couperin's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 SG^[11].
• 6798 Couperin's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 FC3^[12].
• 6798 Couperin's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 TU7^[13].
• 6798 Couperin's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 JK1^[14].
• 6798 Couperin's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 QG^[15].
• 6798 Couperin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-05-14T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 6798 Couperin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y19dx^[17].
• 6798 Couperin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006798^[18].
• 6798 Couperin's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 6798 Couperin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[20].
• 6798 Couperin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1004249'}^[21].
• 6798 Couperin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1017038177786436'}^[22].
• 6798 Couperin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.6'}^[23].
• 6798 Couperin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.78'}^[24].
• 6798 Couperin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.91010'}^[25].
• 6798 Couperin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.9129687401095884'}^[26].
• 6798 Couperin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.05'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

6798 Couperin is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

6798 Couperin has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]