6941 Dalgarno

Summary

6941 Dalgarno is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6941 Dalgarno is credited with the discovery of Harvard College Observatory^[3].
• 6941 Dalgarno is credited with the discovery of Oak Ridge Observatory^[4].
• 6941 Dalgarno's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6941 Dalgarno's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Oak Ridge Observatory^[6].
• Alexander Dalgarno is named after 6941 Dalgarno^[7].
• 6941 Dalgarno's follows is recorded as (6940) 1972 HL1^[8].
• 6941 Dalgarno's followed by is recorded as Q718545^[9].
• 6941 Dalgarno's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 6941 Dalgarno's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 6941 Dalgarno's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 YA^[12].
• 6941 Dalgarno's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 YD4^[13].
• 6941 Dalgarno's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 WM2^[14].
• 6941 Dalgarno's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1976-12-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6941 Dalgarno's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1blc^[16].
• 6941 Dalgarno's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006941^[17].
• 6941 Dalgarno's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 6941 Dalgarno's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.19'}^[19].
• 6941 Dalgarno's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1943429'}^[20].
• 6941 Dalgarno's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1917138341679353'}^[21].
• 6941 Dalgarno's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.6'}^[22].
• 6941 Dalgarno's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.5'}^[23].
• 6941 Dalgarno's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.64'}^[24].
• 6941 Dalgarno's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.42348'}^[25].
• 6941 Dalgarno's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.42047317729016'}^[26].
• 6941 Dalgarno's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.63'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Harvard College Observatory^[3], an astronomical observatory^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1839^[30], headquartered in Cambridge^[31] and Oak Ridge Observatory^[4], an astronomical observatory^[32], in United States^[33].

Why It Matters

6941 Dalgarno has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]