736 Harvard

Summary

736 Harvard is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 40 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 736 Harvard is credited with the discovery of Joel Hastings Metcalf^[3].
• 736 Harvard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 736 Harvard's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Winchester^[5].
• Harvard University is named after 736 Harvard^[6].
• 736 Harvard followed Q156826^[7].
• 736 Harvard was followed by Q156840^[8].
• 736 Harvard's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 736 Harvard's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 736 Harvard's provisional designation is recorded as 1912 PZ^[11].
• 736 Harvard's provisional designation is recorded as 1937 FC^[12].
• 736 Harvard's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 HB^[13].
• 736 Harvard's provisional designation is recorded as A912 WC^[14].
• 736 Harvard's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1912-11-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 736 Harvard's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[16].
• 736 Harvard's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 736 Harvard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1657778978412769'}^[18].
• 736 Harvard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.4'}^[19].
• 736 Harvard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.375'}^[20].
• 736 Harvard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.377395849520174'}^[21].
• 736 Harvard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1193.287095499989'}^[22].
• 736 Harvard's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+6.742'}^[23].
• 736 Harvard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+135.8601645160096'}^[24].
• 736 Harvard's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.201731443861271'}^[25].
• 736 Harvard's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.566729854235632'}^[26].
• 736 Harvard's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.83673303348691'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

736 Harvard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Harvard University is named after 736 Harvard^[6].

Why It Matters

736 Harvard has Wikipedia articles in 40 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]