7763 Crabeels

Summary

7763 Crabeels is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 7763 Crabeels is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 7763 Crabeels's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 7763 Crabeels's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 7763 Crabeels's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Henri Crabeels is named after 7763 Crabeels^[7].
• 7763 Crabeels's follows is recorded as (7762) 1990 SY2^[8].
• 7763 Crabeels's followed by is recorded as (7764) 1991 AB^[9].
• 7763 Crabeels's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 7763 Crabeels's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 7763 Crabeels's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 UT5^[12].
• 7763 Crabeels's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 RE1^[13].
• 7763 Crabeels's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-10-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 7763 Crabeels's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y19l1^[15].
• 7763 Crabeels's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007763^[16].
• 7763 Crabeels's asteroid spectral type is recorded as L-type asteroid^[17].
• 7763 Crabeels's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 7763 Crabeels's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[19].
• 7763 Crabeels's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0695811'}^[20].
• 7763 Crabeels's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.070771961793938'}^[21].
• 7763 Crabeels's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[22].
• 7763 Crabeels's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.11'}^[23].
• 7763 Crabeels's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.81143'}^[24].
• 7763 Crabeels's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.80856673825913'}^[25].
• 7763 Crabeels's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.54'}^[26].
• 7763 Crabeels's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1657.59017525392'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

7763 Crabeels's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Henri Crabeels is named after 7763 Crabeels^[7].

Why It Matters

7763 Crabeels ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]