8942 Takagi

Summary

8942 Takagi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8942 Takagi is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi^[3].
• 8942 Takagi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8942 Takagi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory^[5].
• Yasuhiko Takagi is named after 8942 Takagi^[6].
• 8942 Takagi's follows is recorded as 8941 Junsaito^[7].
• 8942 Takagi's followed by is recorded as 8943 Stefanozavka^[8].
• 8942 Takagi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8942 Takagi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8942 Takagi's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 YH2^[11].
• 8942 Takagi's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FN38^[12].
• 8942 Takagi's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 HH8^[13].
• 8942 Takagi's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 VN3^[14].
• 8942 Takagi's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 BR2^[15].
• 8942 Takagi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-30T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8942 Takagi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh0b8^[17].
• 8942 Takagi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008942^[18].
• 8942 Takagi's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8942 Takagi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[20].
• 8942 Takagi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0823190'}^[21].
• 8942 Takagi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0814120719381457'}^[22].
• 8942 Takagi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[23].
• 8942 Takagi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.25'}^[24].
• 8942 Takagi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.38459'}^[25].
• 8942 Takagi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.384342135174201'}^[26].
• 8942 Takagi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.52'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8942 Takagi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Yasuhiko Takagi is named after 8942 Takagi^[6].

Why It Matters

8942 Takagi 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]