7420 Buffon

Summary

7420 Buffon is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 7420 Buffon is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 7420 Buffon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 7420 Buffon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon is named after 7420 Buffon^[6].
• 7420 Buffon followed (7419) 1991 PN13^[7].
• 7420 Buffon was followed by Q547016^[8].
• 7420 Buffon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 7420 Buffon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 7420 Buffon's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 SU7^[11].
• 7420 Buffon's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RP11^[12].
• 7420 Buffon's provisional designation is recorded as 2105 T-1^[13].
• 7420 Buffon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-09-04T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 7420 Buffon's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 7420 Buffon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[16].
• 7420 Buffon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1522795'}^[17].
• 7420 Buffon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1525709872180132'}^[18].
• 7420 Buffon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.7'}^[19].
• 7420 Buffon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.91'}^[20].
• 7420 Buffon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.41393'}^[21].
• 7420 Buffon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.414212662741149'}^[22].
• 7420 Buffon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.81'}^[23].
• 7420 Buffon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1391.447663726096'}^[24].
• 7420 Buffon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+118.39289'}^[25].
• 7420 Buffon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+118.3933108827705'}^[26].
• 7420 Buffon's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4395039'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

7420 Buffon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon is named after 7420 Buffon^[6].

Why It Matters

7420 Buffon has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]