6955 Ekaterina

Summary

6955 Ekaterina is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6955 Ekaterina is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Zhuravlyova^[3].
• 6955 Ekaterina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6955 Ekaterina's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Catherine II of Russia is named after 6955 Ekaterina^[6].
• 6955 Ekaterina followed 6954 Potemkin^[7].
• 6955 Ekaterina was followed by Q718671^[8].
• 6955 Ekaterina's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6955 Ekaterina's Commons category is recorded as 6955 Ekaterina^[10].
• 6955 Ekaterina's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 6955 Ekaterina's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 QD^[12].
• 6955 Ekaterina's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 SC5^[13].
• 6955 Ekaterina's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SP15^[14].
• 6955 Ekaterina's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 BK1^[15].
• 6955 Ekaterina's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 PU4^[16].
• 6955 Ekaterina's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 AZ^[17].
• 6955 Ekaterina's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-09-25T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 6955 Ekaterina's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 6955 Ekaterina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.17'}^[20].
• 6955 Ekaterina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1663827'}^[21].
• 6955 Ekaterina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1625914828200453'}^[22].
• 6955 Ekaterina's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[23].
• 6955 Ekaterina's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.53'}^[24].
• 6955 Ekaterina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.95055'}^[25].
• 6955 Ekaterina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.9431030794797441'}^[26].
• 6955 Ekaterina's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.51'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

6955 Ekaterina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Catherine II of Russia is named after 6955 Ekaterina^[6].

Why It Matters

6955 Ekaterina has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]