20084 Buckmaster

Summary

20084 Buckmaster is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20084 Buckmaster is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 20084 Buckmaster is credited with the discovery of David H. Levy^[4].
• 20084 Buckmaster's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 20084 Buckmaster's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 20084 Buckmaster's follows is recorded as (20083) 1994 GE^[7].
• 20084 Buckmaster's followed by is recorded as (20085) 1994 LC^[8].
• 20084 Buckmaster's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 20084 Buckmaster's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 20084 Buckmaster's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 BL3^[11].
• 20084 Buckmaster's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 GU9^[12].
• 20084 Buckmaster's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MS5^[13].
• 20084 Buckmaster's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-04-06T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 20084 Buckmaster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y13l7^[15].
• 20084 Buckmaster's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020084^[16].
• 20084 Buckmaster's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 20084 Buckmaster's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[18].
• 20084 Buckmaster's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1217301'}^[19].
• 20084 Buckmaster's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1214892717121427'}^[20].
• 20084 Buckmaster's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[21].
• 20084 Buckmaster's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.63'}^[22].
• 20084 Buckmaster's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.96313'}^[23].
• 20084 Buckmaster's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.98000293345071'}^[24].
• 20084 Buckmaster's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.49'}^[25].
• 20084 Buckmaster's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1274.089488360592'}^[26].
• 20084 Buckmaster's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+125.61608'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20084 Buckmaster's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

20084 Buckmaster ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]