8479 Held

Summary

8479 Held is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8479 Held is credited with the discovery of Antonín Mrkos^[3].
• 8479 Held's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8479 Held's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory^[5].
• 8479 Held's follows is recorded as (8478) 1987 DO6^[6].
• 8479 Held's followed by is recorded as (8480) 1987 RD1^[7].
• 8479 Held's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 8479 Held's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 8479 Held's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 HD2^[10].
• 8479 Held's provisional designation is recorded as 1934 GP^[11].
• 8479 Held's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 TC6^[12].
• 8479 Held's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 EJ3^[13].
• 8479 Held's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 CF5^[14].
• 8479 Held's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-04-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8479 Held's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bb_1wn^[16].
• 8479 Held's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008479^[17].
• 8479 Held's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8479 Held's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[19].
• 8479 Held's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2279466'}^[20].
• 8479 Held's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2304511535832951'}^[21].
• 8479 Held's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[22].
• 8479 Held's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.54'}^[23].
• 8479 Held's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.32852'}^[24].
• 8479 Held's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.331525012763027'}^[25].
• 8479 Held's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.79'}^[26].
• 8479 Held's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1381.37941207692'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8479 Held's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

8479 Held 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]