8191 Mersenne

Summary

8191 Mersenne is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8191 Mersenne is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 8191 Mersenne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8191 Mersenne's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Marin Mersenne is named after 8191 Mersenne^[6].
• 8191 is named after 8191 Mersenne^[7].
• 8191 Mersenne's follows is recorded as 8190 Bouguer^[8].
• 8191 Mersenne's followed by is recorded as 8192 Tonucci^[9].
• 8191 Mersenne's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 8191 Mersenne's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 8191 Mersenne's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 VA4^[12].
• 8191 Mersenne's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SG20^[13].
• 8191 Mersenne's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 OX9^[14].
• 8191 Mersenne's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-07-20T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8191 Mersenne's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7fr4^[16].
• 8191 Mersenne's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008191^[17].
• 8191 Mersenne's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8191 Mersenne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[19].
• 8191 Mersenne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1103492'}^[20].
• 8191 Mersenne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1098624305954392'}^[21].
• 8191 Mersenne's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[22].
• 8191 Mersenne's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[23].
• 8191 Mersenne's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.88'}^[24].
• 8191 Mersenne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.82635'}^[25].
• 8191 Mersenne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.827027411447914'}^[26].
• 8191 Mersenne's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.41'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8191 Mersenne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Marin Mersenne^[6], a philosopher^[28], 1588–1648^[29], of France^[30], specialised in number theory^[31] and 8191^[7], a positive integer^[32].

Why It Matters

8191 Mersenne ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]