8946 Yoshimitsu

Summary

8946 Yoshimitsu is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8946 Yoshimitsu is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi^[3].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory^[5].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's follows is recorded as 8945 Cavaradossi^[6].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's followed by is recorded as 8947 Mizutani^[7].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 RL4^[10].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BL9^[11].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 RQ6^[12].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 CJ4^[13].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 SU54^[14].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 CO^[15].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-02-01T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yl6_k^[17].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008946^[18].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[20].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1001939'}^[21].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1026295079371642'}^[22].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[23].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.12'}^[24].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.03235'}^[25].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.032960258550203'}^[26].
• 8946 Yoshimitsu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.89'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8946 Yoshimitsu's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

8946 Yoshimitsu 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 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]