6970 Saigusa

Summary

6970 Saigusa is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6970 Saigusa is credited with the discovery of Satoru Otomo^[3].
• 6970 Saigusa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6970 Saigusa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kiyosato^[5].
• 6970 Saigusa's follows is recorded as 6969 Santaro^[6].
• 6970 Saigusa's followed by is recorded as 6971 Omogokei^[7].
• 6970 Saigusa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 6970 Saigusa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 6970 Saigusa's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 PU^[10].
• 6970 Saigusa's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 YM3^[11].
• 6970 Saigusa's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SM18^[12].
• 6970 Saigusa's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 AL1^[13].
• 6970 Saigusa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-01-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 6970 Saigusa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg1v6^[15].
• 6970 Saigusa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006970^[16].
• 6970 Saigusa's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 6970 Saigusa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[18].
• 6970 Saigusa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0617526'}^[19].
• 6970 Saigusa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06168741146141364'}^[20].
• 6970 Saigusa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[21].
• 6970 Saigusa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[22].
• 6970 Saigusa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.63'}^[23].
• 6970 Saigusa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.72716'}^[24].
• 6970 Saigusa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.731318632565016'}^[25].
• 6970 Saigusa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.6'}^[26].
• 6970 Saigusa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1313.644524120535'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6970 Saigusa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

6970 Saigusa ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]