6909 Levison

Summary

6909 Levison is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6909 Levison is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 6909 Levison is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 6909 Levison's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6909 Levison's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Harold F. Levison is named after 6909 Levison^[7].
• 6909 Levison followed 6908 Kunimoto^[8].
• 6909 Levison was followed by 6910 Ikeguchi^[9].
• 6909 Levison's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[10].
• 6909 Levison's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 6909 Levison's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 BY2^[12].
• 6909 Levison's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 OA^[13].
• 6909 Levison's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-01-19T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 6909 Levison's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 6909 Levison's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.47'}^[16].
• 6909 Levison's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4670377'}^[17].
• 6909 Levison's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4664220359311171'}^[18].
• 6909 Levison's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}^[19].
• 6909 Levison's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.8'}^[20].
• 6909 Levison's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.89'}^[21].
• 6909 Levison's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+38.01542'}^[22].
• 6909 Levison's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+37.99773638176065'}^[23].
• 6909 Levison's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.49'}^[24].
• 6909 Levison's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1643.400594013966'}^[25].
• 6909 Levison's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+10.0013'}^[26].
• 6909 Levison's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+308.28000'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

6909 Levison's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Origins

Harold F. Levison is named after 6909 Levison^[7].

Why It Matters

6909 Levison has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]