8687 Caussols

Summary

8687 Caussols is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8687 Caussols is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 8687 Caussols's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8687 Caussols's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Côte d'Azur Observatory^[5].
• 8687 Caussols's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Caussols^[6].
• Caussols is named after 8687 Caussols^[7].
• 8687 Caussols's follows is recorded as 8686 Akenside^[8].
• 8687 Caussols's followed by is recorded as 8688 Delaunay^[9].
• 8687 Caussols's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 8687 Caussols's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 8687 Caussols's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 RE12^[12].
• 8687 Caussols's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 PV^[13].
• 8687 Caussols's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 BC4^[14].
• 8687 Caussols's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-08-08T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8687 Caussols's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y156v^[16].
• 8687 Caussols's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008687^[17].
• 8687 Caussols's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8687 Caussols's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[19].
• 8687 Caussols's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0719959'}^[20].
• 8687 Caussols's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07159724114976326'}^[21].
• 8687 Caussols's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.1'}^[22].
• 8687 Caussols's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[23].
• 8687 Caussols's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.35'}^[24].
• 8687 Caussols's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.52284'}^[25].
• 8687 Caussols's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.522518009446916'}^[26].
• 8687 Caussols's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.53'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8687 Caussols's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Caussols is named after 8687 Caussols^[7].

Why It Matters

8687 Caussols ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]