8678 Bäl

Summary

8678 Bäl is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8678 Bäl is credited with the discovery of Uppsala–ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets^[3].
• 8678 Bäl's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8678 Bäl's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 8678 Bäl's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Bäl is named after 8678 Bäl^[7].
• 8678 Bäl's follows is recorded as 8677 Charlier^[8].
• 8678 Bäl's followed by is recorded as 8679 Tingstäde^[9].
• 8678 Bäl's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 8678 Bäl's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 8678 Bäl's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 ER6^[12].
• 8678 Bäl's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 WY1^[13].
• 8678 Bäl's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-03-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8678 Bäl's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0411zdq^[15].
• 8678 Bäl's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008678^[16].
• 8678 Bäl's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8678 Bäl's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[18].
• 8678 Bäl's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1105115'}^[19].
• 8678 Bäl's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1197728278203847'}^[20].
• 8678 Bäl's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[21].
• 8678 Bäl's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.72'}^[22].
• 8678 Bäl's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.76742'}^[23].
• 8678 Bäl's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.774397675800294'}^[24].
• 8678 Bäl's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.63'}^[25].
• 8678 Bäl's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2046.43245892581'}^[26].
• 8678 Bäl's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+57.41041'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8678 Bäl's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Bäl is named after 8678 Bäl^[7].

Why It Matters

8678 Bäl ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 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]