8537 Billochbull

Summary

8537 Billochbull is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8537 Billochbull is credited with the discovery of Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist^[3].
• 8537 Billochbull is credited with the discovery of Uppsala–ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets^[4].
• 8537 Billochbull's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 8537 Billochbull's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Bill and Bull is named after 8537 Billochbull^[7].
• 8537 Billochbull's follows is recorded as 8536 Måns^[8].
• 8537 Billochbull's followed by is recorded as 8538 Gammelmaja^[9].
• 8537 Billochbull's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 8537 Billochbull's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 8537 Billochbull's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 FX1^[12].
• 8537 Billochbull's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 HB1^[13].
• 8537 Billochbull's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FG24^[14].
• 8537 Billochbull's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 SS29^[15].
• 8537 Billochbull's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-03-21T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8537 Billochbull's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0_ns^[17].
• 8537 Billochbull's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008537^[18].
• 8537 Billochbull's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8537 Billochbull's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[20].
• 8537 Billochbull's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1041121'}^[21].
• 8537 Billochbull's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1054708138789335'}^[22].
• 8537 Billochbull's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.3'}^[23].
• 8537 Billochbull's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.4'}^[24].
• 8537 Billochbull's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.61'}^[25].
• 8537 Billochbull's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.93671'}^[26].
• 8537 Billochbull's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.95189104888277'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8537 Billochbull's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Bill and Bull is named after 8537 Billochbull^[7].

Why It Matters

8537 Billochbull ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]