7672 Hawking

Summary

7672 Hawking is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 7672 Hawking is credited with the discovery of Kleť Observatory^[3].
• 7672 Hawking's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 7672 Hawking's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory^[5].
• Stephen Hawking is named after 7672 Hawking^[6].
• 7672 Hawking's follows is recorded as 7671 Albis^[7].
• 7672 Hawking's followed by is recorded as 7673 Inohara^[8].
• 7672 Hawking's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 7672 Hawking's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 7672 Hawking's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 UD8^[11].
• 7672 Hawking's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 UO2^[12].
• 7672 Hawking's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-10-24T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 7672 Hawking's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bkk13^[14].
• 7672 Hawking's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007672^[15].
• 7672 Hawking's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 7672 Hawking's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.073'}^[17].
• 7672 Hawking's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0723236'}^[18].
• 7672 Hawking's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0718374614098564'}^[19].
• 7672 Hawking's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.6'}^[20].
• 7672 Hawking's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.3'}^[21].
• 7672 Hawking's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.42'}^[22].
• 7672 Hawking's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.88180'}^[23].
• 7672 Hawking's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.88214905498581'}^[24].
• 7672 Hawking's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.38'}^[25].
• 7672 Hawking's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1234.534555064754'}^[26].
• 7672 Hawking's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.31045'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

7672 Hawking's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Stephen Hawking is named after 7672 Hawking^[6].

Why It Matters

7672 Hawking 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 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]