8700 Gevaert

Summary

8700 Gevaert is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8700 Gevaert is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 8700 Gevaert's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8700 Gevaert's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Lieven Gevaert is named after 8700 Gevaert^[6].
• 8700 Gevaert's follows is recorded as (8699) 1993 FO48^[7].
• 8700 Gevaert's followed by is recorded as (8701) 1993 LG2^[8].
• 8700 Gevaert's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8700 Gevaert's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8700 Gevaert's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 ED1^[11].
• 8700 Gevaert's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 WV14^[12].
• 8700 Gevaert's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 JL1^[13].
• 8700 Gevaert's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-05-14T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8700 Gevaert's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2nyp^[15].
• 8700 Gevaert's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008700^[16].
• 8700 Gevaert's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8700 Gevaert's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[18].
• 8700 Gevaert's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1567263'}^[19].
• 8700 Gevaert's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1548416181013342'}^[20].
• 8700 Gevaert's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[21].
• 8700 Gevaert's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.98'}^[22].
• 8700 Gevaert's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.05045'}^[23].
• 8700 Gevaert's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.051592599600966'}^[24].
• 8700 Gevaert's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.69'}^[25].
• 8700 Gevaert's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2083.971401567698'}^[26].
• 8700 Gevaert's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.905'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8700 Gevaert's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Lieven Gevaert is named after 8700 Gevaert^[6].

Why It Matters

8700 Gevaert ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]