8780 Forte

Summary

8780 Forte is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8780 Forte is credited with the discovery of Mario Reynaldo Cesco^[3].
• 8780 Forte's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8780 Forte's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Félix Aguilar Observatory^[5].
• 8780 Forte's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Leoncito Astronomical Complex^[6].
• 8780 Forte's follows is recorded as (8779) 1971 UH1^[7].
• 8780 Forte's followed by is recorded as 8781 Yurka^[8].
• 8780 Forte's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8780 Forte's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8780 Forte's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 QT^[11].
• 8780 Forte's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 LT^[12].
• 8780 Forte's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 BR6^[13].
• 8780 Forte's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1975-06-13T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8780 Forte's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b_zv2v^[15].
• 8780 Forte's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008780^[16].
• 8780 Forte's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8780 Forte's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[18].
• 8780 Forte's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2061832'}^[19].
• 8780 Forte's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2062556786844543'}^[20].
• 8780 Forte's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[21].
• 8780 Forte's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.85'}^[22].
• 8780 Forte's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.77574'}^[23].
• 8780 Forte's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.775233943622414'}^[24].
• 8780 Forte's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.31'}^[25].
• 8780 Forte's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1209.988001986259'}^[26].
• 8780 Forte's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+302.38029'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8780 Forte's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

8780 Forte ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]