8003 Kelvin

Summary

8003 Kelvin is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8003 Kelvin is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 8003 Kelvin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8003 Kelvin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin is named after 8003 Kelvin^[6].
• 8003 Kelvin's follows is recorded as 8002 Tonyevans^[7].
• 8003 Kelvin's followed by is recorded as (8004) 1987 RX^[8].
• 8003 Kelvin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8003 Kelvin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8003 Kelvin's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BT10^[11].
• 8003 Kelvin's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 XC^[12].
• 8003 Kelvin's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 RJ^[13].
• 8003 Kelvin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-09-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8003 Kelvin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5mcl^[15].
• 8003 Kelvin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008003^[16].
• 8003 Kelvin's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8003 Kelvin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[18].
• 8003 Kelvin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1204218'}^[19].
• 8003 Kelvin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1204763176854026'}^[20].
• 8003 Kelvin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}^[21].
• 8003 Kelvin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.85'}^[22].
• 8003 Kelvin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.84425'}^[23].
• 8003 Kelvin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.842708600987532'}^[24].
• 8003 Kelvin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.31'}^[25].
• 8003 Kelvin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1210.111503809928'}^[26].
• 8003 Kelvin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+73.90248'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

8003 Kelvin is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

8003 Kelvin has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]