6908 Kunimoto

Summary

6908 Kunimoto is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6908 Kunimoto is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 6908 Kunimoto is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 6908 Kunimoto's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6908 Kunimoto's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• Yoshihiro Kunimoto is named after 6908 Kunimoto^[7].
• 6908 Kunimoto's follows is recorded as 6907 Harryford^[8].
• 6908 Kunimoto's followed by is recorded as Q685948^[9].
• 6908 Kunimoto's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 6908 Kunimoto's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 6908 Kunimoto's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 WB3^[12].
• 6908 Kunimoto's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 EJ7^[13].
• 6908 Kunimoto's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 JN1^[14].
• 6908 Kunimoto's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-11-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6908 Kunimoto's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y66p7^[16].
• 6908 Kunimoto's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006908^[17].
• 6908 Kunimoto's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 6908 Kunimoto's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 6908 Kunimoto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[20].
• 6908 Kunimoto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0941055'}^[21].
• 6908 Kunimoto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09172396540852618'}^[22].
• 6908 Kunimoto's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[23].
• 6908 Kunimoto's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[24].
• 6908 Kunimoto's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.26'}^[25].
• 6908 Kunimoto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.60564'}^[26].
• 6908 Kunimoto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.601908362067649'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6908 Kunimoto's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Yoshihiro Kunimoto is named after 6908 Kunimoto^[7].

Why It Matters

6908 Kunimoto ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]