7359 Messier

Summary

7359 Messier is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 7359 Messier is credited with the discovery of Miloš Tichý^[3].
• 7359 Messier is credited with the discovery of Kleť Observatory^[4].
• 7359 Messier's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 7359 Messier's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory^[6].
• Charles Messier is named after 7359 Messier^[7].
• 7359 Messier's follows is recorded as 7358 Oze^[8].
• 7359 Messier's followed by is recorded as Q533385^[9].
• 7359 Messier's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 7359 Messier's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 7359 Messier's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WR14^[12].
• 7359 Messier's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 WT1^[13].
• 7359 Messier's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 BH^[14].
• 7359 Messier's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-01-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 7359 Messier's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7ftx^[16].
• 7359 Messier's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007359^[17].
• 7359 Messier's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 7359 Messier's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.177558'}^[19].
• 7359 Messier's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1762152'}^[20].
• 7359 Messier's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1703917737283721'}^[21].
• 7359 Messier's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.20'}^[22].
• 7359 Messier's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.9'}^[23].
• 7359 Messier's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.15'}^[24].
• 7359 Messier's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.66810'}^[25].
• 7359 Messier's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.667735719772625'}^[26].
• 7359 Messier's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.45'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Miloš Tichý^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1966^[29], of Czech Republic^[30], specialised in astronomy^[31] and Kleť Observatory^[4], an astronomical observatory^[32], in Czech Republic^[33], founded in 1957^[34].

Why It Matters

7359 Messier has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]