8601 Ciconia

Summary

8601 Ciconia is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8601 Ciconia is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8601 Ciconia is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8601 Ciconia is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8601 Ciconia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8601 Ciconia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• stork is named after 8601 Ciconia^[8].
• 8601 Ciconia followed Q634468^[9].
• 8601 Ciconia was followed by Q1082706^[10].
• 8601 Ciconia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8601 Ciconia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8601 Ciconia's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SP24^[13].
• 8601 Ciconia's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FR8^[14].
• 8601 Ciconia's provisional designation is recorded as 3155 T-2^[15].
• 8601 Ciconia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-30T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8601 Ciconia's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8601 Ciconia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}^[18].
• 8601 Ciconia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1102395'}^[19].
• 8601 Ciconia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1112460620834163'}^[20].
• 8601 Ciconia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.6'}^[21].
• 8601 Ciconia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.78'}^[22].
• 8601 Ciconia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.41318'}^[23].
• 8601 Ciconia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.41702538283584'}^[24].
• 8601 Ciconia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.62'}^[25].
• 8601 Ciconia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2056.834469083046'}^[26].
• 8601 Ciconia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+139.28195'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

8601 Ciconia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Origins

stork is named after 8601 Ciconia^[8].

Why It Matters

8601 Ciconia has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]