6939 Lestone

Summary

6939 Lestone is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6939 Lestone is credited with the discovery of Leland Cunningham^[3].
• 6939 Lestone's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6939 Lestone's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount Wilson Observatory^[5].
• Leighton Buzzard is named after 6939 Lestone^[6].
• 6939 Lestone's follows is recorded as Q718479^[7].
• 6939 Lestone's followed by is recorded as (6940) 1972 HL1^[8].
• 6939 Lestone's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6939 Lestone's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6939 Lestone's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 SW1^[11].
• 6939 Lestone's provisional designation is recorded as 4849 T-1^[12].
• 6939 Lestone's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1952-09-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 6939 Lestone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y73vq^[14].
• 6939 Lestone's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006939^[15].
• 6939 Lestone's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 6939 Lestone's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[17].
• 6939 Lestone's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1027200'}^[18].
• 6939 Lestone's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1033024780787898'}^[19].
• 6939 Lestone's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}^[20].
• 6939 Lestone's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.92'}^[21].
• 6939 Lestone's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.10444'}^[22].
• 6939 Lestone's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.10453944344268'}^[23].
• 6939 Lestone's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.17'}^[24].
• 6939 Lestone's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1521.080712425198'}^[25].
• 6939 Lestone's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+2.821'}^[26].
• 6939 Lestone's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+36.49882'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

6939 Lestone is credited with the discovery of Leland Cunningham^[3].

Why It Matters

6939 Lestone has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]