7629 Foros

Summary

7629 Foros is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 7629 Foros is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 7629 Foros's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 7629 Foros's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Foros is named after 7629 Foros^[6].
• 7629 Foros's follows is recorded as 7628 Evgenifedorov^[7].
• 7629 Foros's followed by is recorded as 7630 Yidumduma^[8].
• 7629 Foros's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 7629 Foros's Commons category is recorded as 7629 Foros^[10].
• 7629 Foros's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 7629 Foros's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 TB2^[12].
• 7629 Foros's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 QK1^[13].
• 7629 Foros's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 RW2^[14].
• 7629 Foros's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 TQ2^[15].
• 7629 Foros's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 TF^[16].
• 7629 Foros's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-08-19T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 7629 Foros's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y27lj^[18].
• 7629 Foros's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007629^[19].
• 7629 Foros's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 7629 Foros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[21].
• 7629 Foros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2350207'}^[22].
• 7629 Foros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2345798421641423'}^[23].
• 7629 Foros's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[24].
• 7629 Foros's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.58'}^[25].
• 7629 Foros's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.88363'}^[26].
• 7629 Foros's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.882991793049868'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

7629 Foros's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Foros is named after 7629 Foros^[6].

Why It Matters

7629 Foros 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 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]