8368 Lamont

Summary

8368 Lamont is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8368 Lamont is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].
• 8368 Lamont's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8368 Lamont's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Johann von Lamont is named after 8368 Lamont^[6].
• 8368 Lamont's follows is recorded as 8367 Bokusui^[7].
• 8368 Lamont's followed by is recorded as 8369 Miyata^[8].
• 8368 Lamont's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8368 Lamont's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8368 Lamont's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 DM^[11].
• 8368 Lamont's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 VF4^[12].
• 8368 Lamont's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-02-20T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 8368 Lamont's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h63tr6^[14].
• 8368 Lamont's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008368^[15].
• 8368 Lamont's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 8368 Lamont's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[17].
• 8368 Lamont's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1463087'}^[18].
• 8368 Lamont's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.146128579863601'}^[19].
• 8368 Lamont's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[20].
• 8368 Lamont's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.54'}^[21].
• 8368 Lamont's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.34348'}^[22].
• 8368 Lamont's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.34545780007894'}^[23].
• 8368 Lamont's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.65'}^[24].
• 8368 Lamont's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1331.844652388936'}^[25].
• 8368 Lamont's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133.31867'}^[26].
• 8368 Lamont's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133.3388608114618'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8368 Lamont's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Johann von Lamont is named after 8368 Lamont^[6].

Why It Matters

8368 Lamont ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]