9473 Ghent

Summary

9473 Ghent is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 9473 Ghent is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 9473 Ghent's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 9473 Ghent's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Ghent is named after 9473 Ghent^[6].
• 9473 Ghent's follows is recorded as Q776698^[7].
• 9473 Ghent's followed by is recorded as 9474 Cassadrury^[8].
• 9473 Ghent's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 9473 Ghent's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 9473 Ghent's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 NR^[11].
• 9473 Ghent's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 LU12^[12].
• 9473 Ghent's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 OO14^[13].
• 9473 Ghent's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-07-26T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 9473 Ghent's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2p34^[15].
• 9473 Ghent's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009473^[16].
• 9473 Ghent's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 9473 Ghent's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.03'}^[18].
• 9473 Ghent's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0291426'}^[19].
• 9473 Ghent's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0258882251275874'}^[20].
• 9473 Ghent's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.4'}^[21].
• 9473 Ghent's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.57'}^[22].
• 9473 Ghent's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.18476'}^[23].
• 9473 Ghent's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.187396829924757'}^[24].
• 9473 Ghent's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.59'}^[25].
• 9473 Ghent's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1678.350300036212'}^[26].
• 9473 Ghent's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+139.70687'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

9473 Ghent is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

9473 Ghent has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]