6976 Kanatsu

Summary

6976 Kanatsu is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6976 Kanatsu is credited with the discovery of Satoru Otomo^[3].
• 6976 Kanatsu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6976 Kanatsu's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kiyosato^[5].
• 6976 Kanatsu's follows is recorded as 6975 Hiroaki^[6].
• 6976 Kanatsu's followed by is recorded as Q156587^[7].
• 6976 Kanatsu's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 6976 Kanatsu's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 6976 Kanatsu's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 LE1^[10].
• 6976 Kanatsu's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 YP^[11].
• 6976 Kanatsu's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 KD2^[12].
• 6976 Kanatsu's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-05-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 6976 Kanatsu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5cz2^[14].
• 6976 Kanatsu's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006976^[15].
• 6976 Kanatsu's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 6976 Kanatsu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[17].
• 6976 Kanatsu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1683797'}^[18].
• 6976 Kanatsu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1688311511574335'}^[19].
• 6976 Kanatsu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[20].
• 6976 Kanatsu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.18'}^[21].
• 6976 Kanatsu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.25204'}^[22].
• 6976 Kanatsu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.25315246980986'}^[23].
• 6976 Kanatsu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.56'}^[24].
• 6976 Kanatsu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1301.966592434384'}^[25].
• 6976 Kanatsu's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.025'}^[26].
• 6976 Kanatsu's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+91.43728'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6976 Kanatsu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

6976 Kanatsu ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]