8807 Schenk

Summary

8807 Schenk is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8807 Schenk is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 8807 Schenk's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8807 Schenk's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Paul Michael Schenk is named after 8807 Schenk^[6].
• 8807 Schenk's follows is recorded as 8806 Fetisov^[7].
• 8807 Schenk's followed by is recorded as 8808 Luhmann^[8].
• 8807 Schenk's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8807 Schenk's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8807 Schenk's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 UD23^[11].
• 8807 Schenk's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 WU2^[12].
• 8807 Schenk's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 QV^[13].
• 8807 Schenk's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-10-24T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8807 Schenk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b77jtg^[15].
• 8807 Schenk's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008807^[16].
• 8807 Schenk's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8807 Schenk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[18].
• 8807 Schenk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0834929'}^[19].
• 8807 Schenk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.082747093885032'}^[20].
• 8807 Schenk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[21].
• 8807 Schenk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[22].
• 8807 Schenk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.05'}^[23].
• 8807 Schenk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.32182'}^[24].
• 8807 Schenk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.319182566107958'}^[25].
• 8807 Schenk's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.62'}^[26].
• 8807 Schenk's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1324.196749736626'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8807 Schenk's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Paul Michael Schenk is named after 8807 Schenk^[6].

Why It Matters

8807 Schenk ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]