7661 Reincken

Summary

7661 Reincken is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 7661 Reincken is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 7661 Reincken's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 7661 Reincken's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Johann Adam Reincken is named after 7661 Reincken^[6].
• 7661 Reincken's follows is recorded as 7660 Alexanderwilson^[7].
• 7661 Reincken's followed by is recorded as (7662) 1994 RM1^[8].
• 7661 Reincken's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 7661 Reincken's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 7661 Reincken's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 OV2^[11].
• 7661 Reincken's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PK38^[12].
• 7661 Reincken's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 ED26^[13].
• 7661 Reincken's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-08-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 7661 Reincken's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y83_c^[15].
• 7661 Reincken's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007661^[16].
• 7661 Reincken's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 7661 Reincken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02'}^[18].
• 7661 Reincken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0146653'}^[19].
• 7661 Reincken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01076136355266994'}^[20].
• 7661 Reincken's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[21].
• 7661 Reincken's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.86'}^[22].
• 7661 Reincken's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.47003'}^[23].
• 7661 Reincken's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.471901022372961'}^[24].
• 7661 Reincken's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.88'}^[25].
• 7661 Reincken's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1787.428364192561'}^[26].
• 7661 Reincken's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+154.13693'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

7661 Reincken's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Johann Adam Reincken is named after 7661 Reincken^[6].

Why It Matters

7661 Reincken 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 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]