6809 Sakuma

Summary

6809 Sakuma is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6809 Sakuma is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth^[3].
• 6809 Sakuma's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6809 Sakuma's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Seiichi Sakuma is named after 6809 Sakuma^[6].
• 6809 Sakuma's follows is recorded as Q633236^[7].
• 6809 Sakuma's followed by is recorded as 6810 Juanclariá^[8].
• 6809 Sakuma's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6809 Sakuma's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6809 Sakuma's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 DM1^[11].
• 6809 Sakuma's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 EW^[12].
• 6809 Sakuma's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 EM2^[13].
• 6809 Sakuma's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 QS9^[14].
• 6809 Sakuma's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1938-02-20T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6809 Sakuma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg2h0^[16].
• 6809 Sakuma's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006809^[17].
• 6809 Sakuma's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 6809 Sakuma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.105898'}^[19].
• 6809 Sakuma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1055684'}^[20].
• 6809 Sakuma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1045265304645702'}^[21].
• 6809 Sakuma's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.10'}^[22].
• 6809 Sakuma's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[23].
• 6809 Sakuma's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.53'}^[24].
• 6809 Sakuma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.09341'}^[25].
• 6809 Sakuma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.081992850470696'}^[26].
• 6809 Sakuma's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.63'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6809 Sakuma's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Seiichi Sakuma is named after 6809 Sakuma^[6].

Why It Matters

6809 Sakuma ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]