7179 Gassendi

Summary

7179 Gassendi is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 7179 Gassendi is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 7179 Gassendi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 7179 Gassendi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Pierre Gassendi is named after 7179 Gassendi^[6].
• 7179 Gassendi's follows is recorded as 7178 Ikuookamoto^[7].
• 7179 Gassendi's followed by is recorded as (7180) 1991 NG1^[8].
• 7179 Gassendi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 7179 Gassendi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 7179 Gassendi's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 UT^[11].
• 7179 Gassendi's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 RE5^[12].
• 7179 Gassendi's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 TS3^[13].
• 7179 Gassendi's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 BP4^[14].
• 7179 Gassendi's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 GQ6^[15].
• 7179 Gassendi's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 RH17^[16].
• 7179 Gassendi's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 GY20^[17].
• 7179 Gassendi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-04-08T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 7179 Gassendi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2kp_^[19].
• 7179 Gassendi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007179^[20].
• 7179 Gassendi's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 7179 Gassendi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[22].
• 7179 Gassendi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1294636'}^[23].
• 7179 Gassendi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1311281737540084'}^[24].
• 7179 Gassendi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.0'}^[25].
• 7179 Gassendi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[26].
• 7179 Gassendi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.12583'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

7179 Gassendi is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

7179 Gassendi has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]