8627 Kunalnayyar

Summary

8627 Kunalnayyar is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8627 Kunalnayyar is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Kunal Nayyar is named after 8627 Kunalnayyar^[6].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's follows is recorded as 8626 Melissarauch^[7].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's followed by is recorded as 8628 Davidsaltzberg^[8].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EU20^[11].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b7684k^[13].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008627^[14].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[16].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1030620'}^[17].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1012132040981021'}^[18].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[19].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.67'}^[20].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.03553'}^[21].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.035603383642476'}^[22].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.18'}^[23].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1528.326984138641'}^[24].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+307.82698'}^[25].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+307.7197115929863'}^[26].
• 8627 Kunalnayyar's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5947533'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8627 Kunalnayyar's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Kunal Nayyar is named after 8627 Kunalnayyar^[6].

Why It Matters

8627 Kunalnayyar ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]