8740 Václav

Summary

8740 Václav is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8740 Václav is credited with the discovery of Miloš Tichý^[3].
• 8740 Václav is credited with the discovery of Zdeněk Moravec^[4].
• 8740 Václav is credited with the discovery of Kleť Observatory^[5].
• 8740 Václav's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8740 Václav's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory^[7].
• Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia is named after 8740 Václav^[8].
• 8740 Václav's follows is recorded as 8739 Morihisa^[9].
• 8740 Václav's followed by is recorded as 8741 Suzukisuzuko^[10].
• 8740 Václav's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8740 Václav's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8740 Václav's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 UY2^[13].
• 8740 Václav's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VO17^[14].
• 8740 Václav's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 BN13^[15].
• 8740 Václav's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VN38^[16].
• 8740 Václav's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 AS8^[17].
• 8740 Václav's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-01-12T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 8740 Václav's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04g14jm^[19].
• 8740 Václav's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008740^[20].
• 8740 Václav's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 8740 Václav's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01'}^[22].
• 8740 Václav's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0058325'}^[23].
• 8740 Václav's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.004936746298569842'}^[24].
• 8740 Václav's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[25].
• 8740 Václav's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[26].
• 8740 Václav's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.37'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8740 Václav's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia is named after 8740 Václav^[8].

Why It Matters

8740 Václav has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]