(7236) 1987 PA

Summary

(7236) 1987 PA is an asteroid^[1]. (7236) 1987 PA ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• (7236) 1987 PA is credited with the discovery of Jeffrey L. Phinney^[3].
• (7236) 1987 PA's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• (7236) 1987 PA's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• (7236) 1987 PA's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• (7236) 1987 PA's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• (7236) 1987 PA's follows is recorded as 7235 Hitsuzan^[8].
• (7236) 1987 PA's followed by is recorded as 7237 Vickyhamilton^[9].
• (7236) 1987 PA's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• (7236) 1987 PA's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• (7236) 1987 PA's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 PA^[12].
• (7236) 1987 PA's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-08-01T00:00:00Z^[13].
• (7236) 1987 PA's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bbznxg^[14].
• (7236) 1987 PA's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007236^[15].
• (7236) 1987 PA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.56'}^[16].
• (7236) 1987 PA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5596810'}^[17].
• (7236) 1987 PA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5636857897403278'}^[18].
• (7236) 1987 PA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.3'}^[19].
• (7236) 1987 PA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.32'}^[20].
• (7236) 1987 PA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.33529'}^[21].
• (7236) 1987 PA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.69135006781158'}^[22].
• (7236) 1987 PA's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.49'}^[23].
• (7236) 1987 PA's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1639.995221329591'}^[24].
• (7236) 1987 PA's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+308.52366'}^[25].
• (7236) 1987 PA's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+307.5782896640033'}^[26].
• (7236) 1987 PA's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7234117'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

(7236) 1987 PA ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] (7236) 1987 PA has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]