8940 Yakushimaru

Summary

8940 Yakushimaru is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8940 Yakushimaru is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi^[3].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory^[5].
• Hiroko Yakushimaru is named after 8940 Yakushimaru^[6].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's follows is recorded as 8939 Onodajunjiro^[7].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's followed by is recorded as 8941 Junsaito^[8].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 VT15^[11].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 UZ49^[12].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 BA2^[13].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-29T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yl352^[15].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008940^[16].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[18].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0394697'}^[19].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03617963904404699'}^[20].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[21].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.22'}^[22].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.11594'}^[23].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.118620533716078'}^[24].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.02'}^[25].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1832.106398696494'}^[26].
• 8940 Yakushimaru's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+103.09236'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8940 Yakushimaru's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Hiroko Yakushimaru is named after 8940 Yakushimaru^[6].

Why It Matters

8940 Yakushimaru ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]