6000 United Nations
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Summary
6000 United Nations is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Poul Jensen[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Brorfelde Observatory[4]
- Named after: United Nations[5]
- Follows: 5999 Plescia[6]
- Followed by: 6001 Thales[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1987 UN[10], 1991 TC1[11]
- Time of discovery or invention: October 27, 1987[12]
- Significant event: naming[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.19[14], 0.1863077[15], 0.1845768220629541[16]
- Absolute magnitude: 11.9[17], 12.18[18]
- Orbital inclination: 14.41377 degree[19], 14.3990972788885 degree[20]
- Orbital period: 4.19 years[21], 1533.190519274095 day[22]
- Rotation period: 3.262 hour[23]
- Longitude of ascending node: 52.16281 degree[24], 52.08820929127744 degree[25]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.6005440 astronomical unit[26], 2.60214683099366 astronomical unit[27]
- Apoapsis: 3.085 astronomical unit[28], 3.082442823599657 astronomical unit[29]
- Periapsis: 2.1160426 astronomical unit[30], 2.121850838387664 astronomical unit[31]
- Argument of periapsis: 315.90610 degree[32], 316.064948592786 degree[33]
- Mean anomaly: 105.10902 degree[34], 42.53108303598446 degree[35]
- Diameter: 11.0 km[36]
- Albedo: 0.211[37]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[38]
- Time of periapsis: 2460819.3659630967 Julian day[39]
Why It Matters
6000 United Nations is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]