6864 Starkenburg

Summary

6864 Starkenburg is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6864 Starkenburg is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 6864 Starkenburg is credited with the discovery of Lutz D. Schmadel^[4].
• 6864 Starkenburg's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6864 Starkenburg's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[6].
• Starkenburg is named after 6864 Starkenburg^[7].
• 6864 Starkenburg's follows is recorded as (6863) 1991 PX8^[8].
• 6864 Starkenburg's followed by is recorded as 6865 Dunkerley^[9].
• 6864 Starkenburg's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 6864 Starkenburg's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 6864 Starkenburg's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 UJ18^[12].
• 6864 Starkenburg's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RC4^[13].
• 6864 Starkenburg's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-09-12T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 6864 Starkenburg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygspp^[15].
• 6864 Starkenburg's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006864^[16].
• 6864 Starkenburg's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 6864 Starkenburg's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[18].
• 6864 Starkenburg's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1024031'}^[19].
• 6864 Starkenburg's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1012403622759922'}^[20].
• 6864 Starkenburg's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[21].
• 6864 Starkenburg's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[22].
• 6864 Starkenburg's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.28'}^[23].
• 6864 Starkenburg's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.79863'}^[24].
• 6864 Starkenburg's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.800314276585441'}^[25].
• 6864 Starkenburg's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.42'}^[26].
• 6864 Starkenburg's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1247.934661796738'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6864 Starkenburg's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Starkenburg is named after 6864 Starkenburg^[7].

Why It Matters

6864 Starkenburg ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]