7215 Gerhard

Summary

7215 Gerhard is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 7215 Gerhard is credited with the discovery of Hans-Emil Schuster^[3].
• 7215 Gerhard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 7215 Gerhard's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 7215 Gerhard's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• 7215 Gerhard's follows is recorded as Q156735^[7].
• 7215 Gerhard's followed by is recorded as 7216 Ishkov^[8].
• 7215 Gerhard's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 7215 Gerhard's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 7215 Gerhard's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 7215 Gerhard's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 FS^[12].
• 7215 Gerhard's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BB14^[13].
• 7215 Gerhard's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 DW^[14].
• 7215 Gerhard's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 ED2^[15].
• 7215 Gerhard's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 EN1^[16].
• 7215 Gerhard's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-03-16T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 7215 Gerhard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2nhb^[18].
• 7215 Gerhard's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007215^[19].
• 7215 Gerhard's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 7215 Gerhard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01'}^[21].
• 7215 Gerhard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0075344'}^[22].
• 7215 Gerhard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.005962640244349662'}^[23].
• 7215 Gerhard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.8'}^[24].
• 7215 Gerhard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.07'}^[25].
• 7215 Gerhard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.67985'}^[26].
• 7215 Gerhard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.69797375088559'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

7215 Gerhard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

7215 Gerhard 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]