8797 Duffard

Summary

8797 Duffard is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8797 Duffard is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 8797 Duffard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8797 Duffard's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• René Duffard is named after 8797 Duffard^[6].
• 8797 Duffard's follows is recorded as 8796 Sonnett^[7].
• 8797 Duffard's followed by is recorded as 8798 Tarantino^[8].
• 8797 Duffard's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8797 Duffard's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8797 Duffard's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EU18^[11].
• 8797 Duffard's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 8797 Duffard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b77jt3^[13].
• 8797 Duffard's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008797^[14].
• 8797 Duffard's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 8797 Duffard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[16].
• 8797 Duffard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1729994'}^[17].
• 8797 Duffard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1720351811591151'}^[18].
• 8797 Duffard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[19].
• 8797 Duffard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.87'}^[20].
• 8797 Duffard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.20374'}^[21].
• 8797 Duffard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.2043050526049393'}^[22].
• 8797 Duffard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.38'}^[23].
• 8797 Duffard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1967.686802438379'}^[24].
• 8797 Duffard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+92.06158'}^[25].
• 8797 Duffard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+92.32216281494404'}^[26].
• 8797 Duffard's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0702879'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8797 Duffard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

René Duffard is named after 8797 Duffard^[6].

Why It Matters

8797 Duffard ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]