6904 McGill

Summary

6904 McGill is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6904 McGill is credited with the discovery of Henry E. Holt^[3].
• 6904 McGill's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6904 McGill's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• McGill University is named after 6904 McGill^[6].
• 6904 McGill followed (6903) 1989 XM^[7].
• 6904 McGill was followed by 6905 Miyazaki^[8].
• 6904 McGill's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6904 McGill's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6904 McGill's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 QW1^[11].
• 6904 McGill's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 CG^[12].
• 6904 McGill's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-08-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 6904 McGill's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 6904 McGill's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}^[15].
• 6904 McGill's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1060333'}^[16].
• 6904 McGill's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1040399357520577'}^[17].
• 6904 McGill's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.2'}^[18].
• 6904 McGill's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.35'}^[19].
• 6904 McGill's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.73537'}^[20].
• 6904 McGill's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.735840908151672'}^[21].
• 6904 McGill's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.91'}^[22].
• 6904 McGill's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1427.327760373284'}^[23].
• 6904 McGill's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+344.04255'}^[24].
• 6904 McGill's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+343.9894563183162'}^[25].
• 6904 McGill's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4805159'}^[26].
• 6904 McGill's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.480943403925325'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

6904 McGill's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

McGill University is named after 6904 McGill^[6].

Why It Matters

6904 McGill has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]