8391 Kring

Summary

8391 Kring is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8391 Kring is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 8391 Kring's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8391 Kring's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• David A. Kring is named after 8391 Kring^[6].
• 8391 Kring's follows is recorded as (8390) 1993 FE48^[7].
• 8391 Kring's followed by is recorded as (8392) 1993 OP^[8].
• 8391 Kring's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8391 Kring's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8391 Kring's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 HT2^[11].
• 8391 Kring's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SV4^[12].
• 8391 Kring's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 HH3^[13].
• 8391 Kring's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-04-20T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8391 Kring's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y63nz^[15].
• 8391 Kring's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008391^[16].
• 8391 Kring's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8391 Kring's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[18].
• 8391 Kring's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1134817'}^[19].
• 8391 Kring's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1128808531540376'}^[20].
• 8391 Kring's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[21].
• 8391 Kring's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[22].
• 8391 Kring's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.01225'}^[23].
• 8391 Kring's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.015146988475591'}^[24].
• 8391 Kring's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.51'}^[25].
• 8391 Kring's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2013.437885454742'}^[26].
• 8391 Kring's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+123.98611'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8391 Kring's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

David A. Kring is named after 8391 Kring^[6].

Why It Matters

8391 Kring ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]