8245 Molnar

Summary

8245 Molnar is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8245 Molnar is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 8245 Molnar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8245 Molnar's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Lawrence Molnar is named after 8245 Molnar^[6].
• 8245 Molnar's follows is recorded as 8244 Mikolaichuk^[7].
• 8245 Molnar's followed by is recorded as 8246 Kotov^[8].
• 8245 Molnar's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8245 Molnar's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8245 Molnar's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 RC9^[11].
• 8245 Molnar's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 EV3^[12].
• 8245 Molnar's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 RM3^[13].
• 8245 Molnar's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-09-08T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8245 Molnar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b6dk4x^[15].
• 8245 Molnar's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008245^[16].
• 8245 Molnar's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8245 Molnar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[18].
• 8245 Molnar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1437268'}^[19].
• 8245 Molnar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1447737344339781'}^[20].
• 8245 Molnar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[21].
• 8245 Molnar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[22].
• 8245 Molnar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.66'}^[23].
• 8245 Molnar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.45736'}^[24].
• 8245 Molnar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.45282374834352'}^[25].
• 8245 Molnar's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.74'}^[26].
• 8245 Molnar's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1367.43319152457'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8245 Molnar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Lawrence Molnar is named after 8245 Molnar^[6].

Why It Matters

8245 Molnar ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]