8672 Morse

Summary

8672 Morse is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8672 Morse is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 8672 Morse's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8672 Morse's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Samuel Finley Breese Morse is named after 8672 Morse^[6].
• 8672 Morse followed (8671) 1991 PW^[7].
• 8672 Morse was followed by (8673) 1991 RN5^[8].
• 8672 Morse's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8672 Morse's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8672 Morse's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 UD16^[11].
• 8672 Morse's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 PW16^[12].
• 8672 Morse's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-08-06T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 8672 Morse's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 8672 Morse's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.16'}^[15].
• 8672 Morse's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1616760'}^[16].
• 8672 Morse's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1634732907350798'}^[17].
• 8672 Morse's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.5'}^[18].
• 8672 Morse's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.64'}^[19].
• 8672 Morse's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.39804'}^[20].
• 8672 Morse's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.398292950123831'}^[21].
• 8672 Morse's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.85'}^[22].
• 8672 Morse's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1404.77835054496'}^[23].
• 8672 Morse's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+136.57504'}^[24].
• 8672 Morse's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+136.5116248117569'}^[25].
• 8672 Morse's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4556357'}^[26].
• 8672 Morse's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.454744255989176'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

8672 Morse's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Samuel Finley Breese Morse is named after 8672 Morse^[6].

Why It Matters

8672 Morse has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]