8500 Hori

Summary

8500 Hori is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8500 Hori is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 8500 Hori is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 8500 Hori's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 8500 Hori's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• Gen'ichirō Hori is named after 8500 Hori^[7].
• 8500 Hori's follows is recorded as (8499) 1990 SC13^[8].
• 8500 Hori's followed by is recorded as 8501 Wachholz^[9].
• 8500 Hori's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 8500 Hori's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 8500 Hori's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 VW2^[12].
• 8500 Hori's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 TU^[13].
• 8500 Hori's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-10-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8500 Hori's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3wdq^[15].
• 8500 Hori's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008500^[16].
• 8500 Hori's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8500 Hori's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[18].
• 8500 Hori's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1411672'}^[19].
• 8500 Hori's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.137451154477562'}^[20].
• 8500 Hori's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[21].
• 8500 Hori's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[22].
• 8500 Hori's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.16'}^[23].
• 8500 Hori's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.33625'}^[24].
• 8500 Hori's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.32771404724069'}^[25].
• 8500 Hori's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.19'}^[26].
• 8500 Hori's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1900.248904746589'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8500 Hori's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Gen'ichirō Hori is named after 8500 Hori^[7].

Why It Matters

8500 Hori ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]