8452 Clay

Summary

8452 Clay is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8452 Clay is credited with the discovery of Harvard College Observatory^[3].
• 8452 Clay is credited with the discovery of Oak Ridge Observatory^[4].
• 8452 Clay's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 8452 Clay's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Oak Ridge Observatory^[6].
• Landon T. Clay is named after 8452 Clay^[7].
• 8452 Clay's follows is recorded as 8451 Gaidai^[8].
• 8452 Clay's followed by is recorded as 8453 Flaviataldini^[9].
• 8452 Clay's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 8452 Clay's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 8452 Clay's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WB^[12].
• 8452 Clay's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 VK6^[13].
• 8452 Clay's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-27T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8452 Clay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y185q^[15].
• 8452 Clay's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008452^[16].
• 8452 Clay's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8452 Clay's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[18].
• 8452 Clay's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1681915'}^[19].
• 8452 Clay's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1687002807512572'}^[20].
• 8452 Clay's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[21].
• 8452 Clay's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.79'}^[22].
• 8452 Clay's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.20513'}^[23].
• 8452 Clay's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.204167423888145'}^[24].
• 8452 Clay's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.74'}^[25].
• 8452 Clay's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1364.828059105979'}^[26].
• 8452 Clay's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+56.14686'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8452 Clay's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Landon T. Clay is named after 8452 Clay^[7].

Why It Matters

8452 Clay has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]