7860 Zahnle

Summary

7860 Zahnle is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 7860 Zahnle is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 7860 Zahnle's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 7860 Zahnle's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Kevin J. Zahnle is named after 7860 Zahnle^[6].
• 7860 Zahnle's follows is recorded as Q923773^[7].
• 7860 Zahnle's followed by is recorded as 7861 Messenger^[8].
• 7860 Zahnle's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 7860 Zahnle's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 7860 Zahnle's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 PF^[11].
• 7860 Zahnle's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-08-06T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 7860 Zahnle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yl8y4^[13].
• 7860 Zahnle's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007860^[14].
• 7860 Zahnle's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 7860 Zahnle's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[16].
• 7860 Zahnle's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1614845'}^[17].
• 7860 Zahnle's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1611046629342917'}^[18].
• 7860 Zahnle's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[19].
• 7860 Zahnle's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.15'}^[20].
• 7860 Zahnle's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.30387'}^[21].
• 7860 Zahnle's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.303356786107218'}^[22].
• 7860 Zahnle's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.4'}^[23].
• 7860 Zahnle's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1243.747617464515'}^[24].
• 7860 Zahnle's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+312.31004'}^[25].
• 7860 Zahnle's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+312.2755931627986'}^[26].
• 7860 Zahnle's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2624285'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

7860 Zahnle's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Kevin J. Zahnle is named after 7860 Zahnle^[6].

Why It Matters

7860 Zahnle ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]