8906 Yano

Summary

8906 Yano is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8906 Yano is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi^[3].
• 8906 Yano's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8906 Yano's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory^[5].
• Hajime Yano is named after 8906 Yano^[6].
• 8906 Yano's follows is recorded as 8905 Bankakuko^[7].
• 8906 Yano's followed by is recorded as 8907 Takaji^[8].
• 8906 Yano's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8906 Yano's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8906 Yano's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 UT^[11].
• 8906 Yano's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 UC8^[12].
• 8906 Yano's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 EA5^[13].
• 8906 Yano's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 WF2^[14].
• 8906 Yano's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-11-18T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8906 Yano's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yl4kr^[16].
• 8906 Yano's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008906^[17].
• 8906 Yano's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8906 Yano's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[19].
• 8906 Yano's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2044211'}^[20].
• 8906 Yano's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2054134493535968'}^[21].
• 8906 Yano's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[22].
• 8906 Yano's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[23].
• 8906 Yano's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.99'}^[24].
• 8906 Yano's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.38941'}^[25].
• 8906 Yano's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.390349695669325'}^[26].
• 8906 Yano's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.72'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8906 Yano's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Hajime Yano is named after 8906 Yano^[6].

Why It Matters

8906 Yano ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]