8837 London

Summary

8837 London is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8837 London is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 8837 London's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8837 London's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• London is named after 8837 London^[6].
• 8837 London followed 8836 Aquifolium^[7].
• 8837 London was followed by (8838) 1989 UW2^[8].
• 8837 London's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8837 London's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8837 London's provisional designation is recorded as 1968 HN^[11].
• 8837 London's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 TF4^[12].
• 8837 London's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 CA6^[13].
• 8837 London's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 CO5^[14].
• 8837 London's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 RN3^[15].
• 8837 London's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-10-07T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8837 London's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8837 London's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[18].
• 8837 London's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1235608'}^[19].
• 8837 London's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1242271474827134'}^[20].
• 8837 London's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.0'}^[21].
• 8837 London's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.11'}^[22].
• 8837 London's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.50246'}^[23].
• 8837 London's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.501895432823983'}^[24].
• 8837 London's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.32'}^[25].
• 8837 London's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1210.961184963405'}^[26].
• 8837 London's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+162.09626'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

8837 London's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

London is named after 8837 London^[6].

Why It Matters

8837 London has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]