8704 Sadakane

Summary

8704 Sadakane is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8704 Sadakane is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi^[3].
• 8704 Sadakane's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8704 Sadakane's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory^[5].
• Kōzō Sadakane is named after 8704 Sadakane^[6].
• 8704 Sadakane's follows is recorded as 8703 Nakanotadao^[7].
• 8704 Sadakane's followed by is recorded as (8705) 1994 AL3^[8].
• 8704 Sadakane's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8704 Sadakane's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8704 Sadakane's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 QJ^[11].
• 8704 Sadakane's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 YJ^[12].
• 8704 Sadakane's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-12-17T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 8704 Sadakane's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg1j4^[14].
• 8704 Sadakane's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008704^[15].
• 8704 Sadakane's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 8704 Sadakane's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[17].
• 8704 Sadakane's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1806451'}^[18].
• 8704 Sadakane's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1803942449355871'}^[19].
• 8704 Sadakane's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.3'}^[20].
• 8704 Sadakane's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.52'}^[21].
• 8704 Sadakane's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.48791'}^[22].
• 8704 Sadakane's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.486432923868973'}^[23].
• 8704 Sadakane's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.22'}^[24].
• 8704 Sadakane's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1174.858857251458'}^[25].
• 8704 Sadakane's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+296.36252'}^[26].
• 8704 Sadakane's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+296.3116508605291'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8704 Sadakane's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Kōzō Sadakane is named after 8704 Sadakane^[6].

Why It Matters

8704 Sadakane 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]