73059 Kaunas

Summary

73059 Kaunas is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 73059 Kaunas is credited with the discovery of Kazimieras Černis^[3].
• 73059 Kaunas is credited with the discovery of Justas Zdanavičius^[4].
• 73059 Kaunas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 73059 Kaunas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Molėtai Astronomical Observatory^[6].
• Kaunas is named after 73059 Kaunas^[7].
• 73059 Kaunas followed (73058) 2002 FK4^[8].
• 73059 Kaunas was followed by (73060) 2002 FZ7^[9].
• 73059 Kaunas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 73059 Kaunas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 73059 Kaunas's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 KT20^[12].
• 73059 Kaunas's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 FO5^[13].
• 73059 Kaunas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-03-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 73059 Kaunas's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 73059 Kaunas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09'}^[16].
• 73059 Kaunas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08685582896247955'}^[17].
• 73059 Kaunas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.5'}^[18].
• 73059 Kaunas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.61'}^[19].
• 73059 Kaunas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.2'}^[20].
• 73059 Kaunas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.175611980968644'}^[21].
• 73059 Kaunas's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1169.194912628013'}^[22].
• 73059 Kaunas's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+33.8'}^[23].
• 73059 Kaunas's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+49.4'}^[24].
• 73059 Kaunas's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+49.36766084148036'}^[25].
• 73059 Kaunas's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.171995861505033'}^[26].
• 73059 Kaunas's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.360646362559127'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

73059 Kaunas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Origins

Kaunas is named after 73059 Kaunas^[7].

Why It Matters

73059 Kaunas has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]