6836 Paranal

Summary

6836 Paranal is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6836 Paranal is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 6836 Paranal's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6836 Paranal's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Cerro Paranal is named after 6836 Paranal^[6].
• 6836 Paranal followed 6835 Molfino^[7].
• 6836 Paranal was followed by 6837 Bressi^[8].
• 6836 Paranal's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6836 Paranal's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6836 Paranal's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BY14^[11].
• 6836 Paranal's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 DW1^[12].
• 6836 Paranal's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PW5^[13].
• 6836 Paranal's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 WH2^[14].
• 6836 Paranal's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-08-10T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6836 Paranal's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 6836 Paranal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06'}^[17].
• 6836 Paranal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0593686'}^[18].
• 6836 Paranal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0612501599884031'}^[19].
• 6836 Paranal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[20].
• 6836 Paranal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.28'}^[21].
• 6836 Paranal's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.94711'}^[22].
• 6836 Paranal's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.9476910382373678'}^[23].
• 6836 Paranal's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.88'}^[24].
• 6836 Paranal's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1785.56172702776'}^[25].
• 6836 Paranal's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+254.98935'}^[26].
• 6836 Paranal's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+254.8715270948929'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

6836 Paranal's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Cerro Paranal is named after 6836 Paranal^[6].

Why It Matters

6836 Paranal has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]