8608 Chelomey

Summary

8608 Chelomey is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8608 Chelomey is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Chernykh^[3].
• 8608 Chelomey's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8608 Chelomey's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Vladimir Chelomey is named after 8608 Chelomey^[6].
• 8608 Chelomey's follows is recorded as (8607) 1971 UT^[7].
• 8608 Chelomey's followed by is recorded as 8609 Shuvalov^[8].
• 8608 Chelomey's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8608 Chelomey's Commons category is recorded as 8608 Chelomey^[10].
• 8608 Chelomey's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 8608 Chelomey's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 YO2^[12].
• 8608 Chelomey's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 VJ2^[13].
• 8608 Chelomey's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1976-12-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8608 Chelomey's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y16gq^[15].
• 8608 Chelomey's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008608^[16].
• 8608 Chelomey's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8608 Chelomey's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[18].
• 8608 Chelomey's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1347098'}^[19].
• 8608 Chelomey's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1350290596264297'}^[20].
• 8608 Chelomey's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[21].
• 8608 Chelomey's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[22].
• 8608 Chelomey's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.07607'}^[23].
• 8608 Chelomey's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.07229576251639'}^[24].
• 8608 Chelomey's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.42'}^[25].
• 8608 Chelomey's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1247.831539373116'}^[26].
• 8608 Chelomey's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+74.57719'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8608 Chelomey's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Vladimir Chelomey is named after 8608 Chelomey^[6].

Why It Matters

8608 Chelomey ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]