6978 Hironaka

Summary

6978 Hironaka is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6978 Hironaka is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 6978 Hironaka is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 6978 Hironaka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6978 Hironaka's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• Heisuke Hironaka is named after 6978 Hironaka^[7].
• 6978 Hironaka's follows is recorded as Q156587^[8].
• 6978 Hironaka's followed by is recorded as Q718928^[9].
• 6978 Hironaka's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 6978 Hironaka's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 6978 Hironaka's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 UP9^[12].
• 6978 Hironaka's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 YM1^[13].
• 6978 Hironaka's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 AN4^[14].
• 6978 Hironaka's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 RD^[15].
• 6978 Hironaka's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-09-12T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 6978 Hironaka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3qkt^[17].
• 6978 Hironaka's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006978^[18].
• 6978 Hironaka's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 6978 Hironaka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.17'}^[20].
• 6978 Hironaka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1713745'}^[21].
• 6978 Hironaka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1732390239754873'}^[22].
• 6978 Hironaka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}^[23].
• 6978 Hironaka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.4'}^[24].
• 6978 Hironaka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.66'}^[25].
• 6978 Hironaka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.46274'}^[26].
• 6978 Hironaka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.459137350149331'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Kin Endate^[3], an amateur astronomer^[28], b. 1960^[29], of Japan^[30] and Kazurō Watanabe^[4], an amateur astronomer^[31], b. 1955^[32], of Japan^[33].

Why It Matters

6978 Hironaka has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]