6817 Pest

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q700815
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6817 Pest

Summary

6817 Pest is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 6817 Pest is credited with the discovery of Antonín Mrkos[3].
  • 6817 Pest's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 6817 Pest's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory[5].
  • Pest is named after 6817 Pest[6].
  • 6817 Pest followed 6816 Barbcohen[7].
  • 6817 Pest was followed by Q700986[8].
  • 6817 Pest's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 6817 Pest's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 6817 Pest's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BP2[11].
  • 6817 Pest's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 AB2[12].
  • 6817 Pest's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-01-20T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 6817 Pest's significant event is recorded as naming[14].
  • 6817 Pest's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}[15].
  • 6817 Pest's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0809757'}[16].
  • 6817 Pest's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08065806455603733'}[17].
  • 6817 Pest's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.1'}[18].
  • 6817 Pest's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.23'}[19].
  • 6817 Pest's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.38296'}[20].
  • 6817 Pest's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.38594751187714'}[21].
  • 6817 Pest's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.51'}[22].
  • 6817 Pest's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1281.48913523897'}[23].
  • 6817 Pest's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+246.84972'}[24].
  • 6817 Pest's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+246.7515666712478'}[25].
  • 6817 Pest's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3093214'}[26].
  • 6817 Pest's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.308931246711566'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

6817 Pest's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Origins

Pest is named after 6817 Pest[6].

Why It Matters

6817 Pest has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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