7740 Petit

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7740 Petit

Summary

7740 Petit is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 7740 Petit is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell[3].
  • 7740 Petit's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 7740 Petit's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[5].
  • Jean-Marc Petit is named after 7740 Petit[6].
  • 7740 Petit's follows is recorded as 7739 Čech[7].
  • 7740 Petit's followed by is recorded as Q283717[8].
  • 7740 Petit's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 7740 Petit's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 7740 Petit's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 SV4[11].
  • 7740 Petit's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 OT13[12].
  • 7740 Petit's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 RR2[13].
  • 7740 Petit's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SA26[14].
  • 7740 Petit's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SS15[15].
  • 7740 Petit's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 RD1[16].
  • 7740 Petit's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-09-06T00:00:00Z[17].
  • 7740 Petit's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7zv0[18].
  • 7740 Petit's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007740[19].
  • 7740 Petit's significant event is recorded as naming[20].
  • 7740 Petit's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}[21].
  • 7740 Petit's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1151421'}[22].
  • 7740 Petit's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1156082005159095'}[23].
  • 7740 Petit's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}[24].
  • 7740 Petit's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.4'}[25].
  • 7740 Petit's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.51'}[26].
  • 7740 Petit's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.21739'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

7740 Petit is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell[3].

Why It Matters

7740 Petit has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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