694 Ekard
main-belt asteroid
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Summary
694 Ekard is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Joel Hastings Metcalf[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Taunton[4]
- Follows: 693 Zerbinetta[5]
- Followed by: 695 Bella[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Commons category: 694 Ekard[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1909 JA[10], 1951 CD1[11], A909 VC[12]
- Time of discovery or invention: November 7, 1909[13]
- Asteroid spectral type: C-type asteroid[14]
- Significant event: naming[15]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.3228491332208954[16]
- Absolute magnitude: 9.27[17]
- Orbital inclination: 15.842 degree[18], 15.89800323149176 degree[19]
- Orbital period: 1593.507455973079 day[20]
- Rotation period: 5.925 hour[21]
- Longitude of ascending node: 229.9668797545831 degree[22]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.669954017970425 astronomical unit[23]
- Apoapsis: 3.531946358411824 astronomical unit[24]
- Periapsis: 1.807961677529027 astronomical unit[25]
- Argument of periapsis: 111.7021293120576 degree[26]
- Mean anomaly: 248.4335992615019 degree[27]
- Diameter: 121.891 km[28]
- Albedo: 0.026[29]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[30]
Why It Matters
694 Ekard is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]