20252 Eyjafjallajökull

Summary

20252 Eyjafjallajökull is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Eyjafjallajökull is named after 20252 Eyjafjallajökull^[6].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's follows is recorded as (20251) 1998 EA12^[7].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's followed by is recorded as (20253) 1998 EJ21^[8].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 EY13^[11].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-01T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020252^[13].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[15].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0727190'}^[16].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0733296402434236'}^[17].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.3'}^[18].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.46'}^[19].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.13679'}^[20].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.132746968138432'}^[21].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.42'}^[22].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1250.220758634834'}^[23].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.28985'}^[24].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.16537769406401'}^[25].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2720559'}^[26].
• 20252 Eyjafjallajökull's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.271218162560737'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20252 Eyjafjallajökull's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Eyjafjallajökull is named after 20252 Eyjafjallajökull^[6].

Why It Matters

20252 Eyjafjallajökull ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]