7854 Laotse

Summary

7854 Laotse is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 7854 Laotse is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 7854 Laotse is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 7854 Laotse is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 7854 Laotse's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 7854 Laotse's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Laozi is named after 7854 Laotse^[8].
• 7854 Laotse's follows is recorded as 7853 Confucius^[9].
• 7854 Laotse's followed by is recorded as Q1181362^[10].
• 7854 Laotse's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 7854 Laotse's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 7854 Laotse's provisional designation is recorded as 1076 T-3^[13].
• 7854 Laotse's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 EB5^[14].
• 7854 Laotse's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 7854 Laotse's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7165^[16].
• 7854 Laotse's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007854^[17].
• 7854 Laotse's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 7854 Laotse's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[19].
• 7854 Laotse's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1817726'}^[20].
• 7854 Laotse's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1815749145950278'}^[21].
• 7854 Laotse's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[22].
• 7854 Laotse's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.14'}^[23].
• 7854 Laotse's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.64957'}^[24].
• 7854 Laotse's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.649386729996697'}^[25].
• 7854 Laotse's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.38'}^[26].
• 7854 Laotse's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1236.312356411853'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

7854 Laotse's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Laozi is named after 7854 Laotse^[8].

Why It Matters

7854 Laotse ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 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]