7158 IRTF

Summary

7158 IRTF is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 7158 IRTF is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 7158 IRTF's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 7158 IRTF's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• NASA Infrared Telescope Facility is named after 7158 IRTF^[6].
• 7158 IRTF followed 7157 Lofgren^[7].
• 7158 IRTF was followed by 7159 Bobjoseph^[8].
• 7158 IRTF's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 7158 IRTF's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 7158 IRTF's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 ES8^[11].
• 7158 IRTF's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 RO5^[12].
• 7158 IRTF's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-01T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 7158 IRTF's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 7158 IRTF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}^[15].
• 7158 IRTF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1064447'}^[16].
• 7158 IRTF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1029911395210693'}^[17].
• 7158 IRTF's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.7'}^[18].
• 7158 IRTF's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.82'}^[19].
• 7158 IRTF's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.66391'}^[20].
• 7158 IRTF's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.64552064472071'}^[21].
• 7158 IRTF's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.24'}^[22].
• 7158 IRTF's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1913.863997109327'}^[23].
• 7158 IRTF's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+207.08463'}^[24].
• 7158 IRTF's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+206.9108441922215'}^[25].
• 7158 IRTF's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0173051'}^[26].
• 7158 IRTF's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.016766966442958'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

7158 IRTF's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

NASA Infrared Telescope Facility is named after 7158 IRTF^[6].

Why It Matters

7158 IRTF has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]