6616 Plotinos

Summary

6616 Plotinos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6616 Plotinos is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 6616 Plotinos is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 6616 Plotinos is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 6616 Plotinos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 6616 Plotinos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Plotinus is named after 6616 Plotinos^[8].
• 6616 Plotinos's follows is recorded as 6615 Plutarchos^[9].
• 6616 Plotinos's followed by is recorded as Q614194^[10].
• 6616 Plotinos's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 6616 Plotinos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 6616 Plotinos's provisional designation is recorded as 1175 T-1^[13].
• 6616 Plotinos's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 VJ3^[14].
• 6616 Plotinos's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 UL4^[15].
• 6616 Plotinos's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 NP1^[16].
• 6616 Plotinos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1971-03-25T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 6616 Plotinos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y80bh^[18].
• 6616 Plotinos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006616^[19].
• 6616 Plotinos's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 6616 Plotinos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[21].
• 6616 Plotinos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1227093'}^[22].
• 6616 Plotinos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1212935257324924'}^[23].
• 6616 Plotinos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[24].
• 6616 Plotinos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.12'}^[25].
• 6616 Plotinos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.09616'}^[26].
• 6616 Plotinos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.100690803086025'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6616 Plotinos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Plotinus is named after 6616 Plotinos^[8].

Why It Matters

6616 Plotinos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]