8990 Compassion

Summary

8990 Compassion is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8990 Compassion is credited with the discovery of Kleť Observatory^[3].
• 8990 Compassion is credited with the discovery of Zdeňka Vávrová^[4].
• 8990 Compassion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 8990 Compassion's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory^[6].
• compassion is named after 8990 Compassion^[7].
• 8990 Compassion's follows is recorded as (8989) 1979 XJ^[8].
• 8990 Compassion's followed by is recorded as 8991 Solidarity^[9].
• 8990 Compassion's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 8990 Compassion's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 8990 Compassion's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 DN^[12].
• 8990 Compassion's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 WZ6^[13].
• 8990 Compassion's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 BN4^[14].
• 8990 Compassion's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 CB3^[15].
• 8990 Compassion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-02-19T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8990 Compassion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08_m25^[17].
• 8990 Compassion's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008990^[18].
• 8990 Compassion's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8990 Compassion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[20].
• 8990 Compassion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0937243'}^[21].
• 8990 Compassion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0987916780192756'}^[22].
• 8990 Compassion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[23].
• 8990 Compassion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[24].
• 8990 Compassion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[25].
• 8990 Compassion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.08487'}^[26].
• 8990 Compassion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.050341411728144'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8990 Compassion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

compassion is named after 8990 Compassion^[7].

Why It Matters

8990 Compassion ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]