8258 McCracken

Summary

8258 McCracken is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8258 McCracken is credited with the discovery of Antonín Mrkos^[3].
• 8258 McCracken's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8258 McCracken's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory^[5].
• 8258 McCracken's follows is recorded as 8257 Andycheng^[6].
• 8258 McCracken's followed by is recorded as (8259) 1983 UG^[7].
• 8258 McCracken's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 8258 McCracken's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 8258 McCracken's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 RW1^[10].
• 8258 McCracken's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 TZ13^[11].
• 8258 McCracken's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-09-15T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 8258 McCracken's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bby3mx^[13].
• 8258 McCracken's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008258^[14].
• 8258 McCracken's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 8258 McCracken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[16].
• 8258 McCracken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1842866'}^[17].
• 8258 McCracken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1839624603089817'}^[18].
• 8258 McCracken's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[19].
• 8258 McCracken's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.68'}^[20].
• 8258 McCracken's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.09196'}^[21].
• 8258 McCracken's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.090880596645034'}^[22].
• 8258 McCracken's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.52'}^[23].
• 8258 McCracken's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1286.974483287644'}^[24].
• 8258 McCracken's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.13378'}^[25].
• 8258 McCracken's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.05357663920444'}^[26].
• 8258 McCracken's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3140850'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8258 McCracken's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

8258 McCracken has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]