8890 Montaigne

Summary

8890 Montaigne is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8890 Montaigne is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 8890 Montaigne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8890 Montaigne's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Michel de Montaigne is named after 8890 Montaigne^[6].
• 8890 Montaigne followed Q157640^[7].
• 8890 Montaigne was followed by 8891 Irokawa^[8].
• 8890 Montaigne's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8890 Montaigne's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8890 Montaigne's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 EE1^[11].
• 8890 Montaigne's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 VD10^[12].
• 8890 Montaigne's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PS37^[13].
• 8890 Montaigne's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-08-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8890 Montaigne's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 8890 Montaigne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[16].
• 8890 Montaigne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1534744'}^[17].
• 8890 Montaigne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1441067661267637'}^[18].
• 8890 Montaigne's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}^[19].
• 8890 Montaigne's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.4'}^[20].
• 8890 Montaigne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.84652'}^[21].
• 8890 Montaigne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.8532440580811963'}^[22].
• 8890 Montaigne's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.61'}^[23].
• 8890 Montaigne's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2059.297873980554'}^[24].
• 8890 Montaigne's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+159.40803'}^[25].
• 8890 Montaigne's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+159.4804246314089'}^[26].
• 8890 Montaigne's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1590417'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

8890 Montaigne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Michel de Montaigne is named after 8890 Montaigne^[6].

Why It Matters

8890 Montaigne has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]