2050 Francis

Summary

2050 Francis is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2050 Francis is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 2050 Francis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2050 Francis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 2050 Francis followed Q782039^[6].
• 2050 Francis was followed by Q844898^[7].
• 2050 Francis's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 2050 Francis's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 2050 Francis's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 KA^[10].
• 2050 Francis's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 VE8^[11].
• 2050 Francis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1974-05-28T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 2050 Francis's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[13].
• 2050 Francis's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 2050 Francis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.24'}^[15].
• 2050 Francis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2381169'}^[16].
• 2050 Francis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2378667503505643'}^[17].
• 2050 Francis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.68'}^[18].
• 2050 Francis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.5'}^[19].
• 2050 Francis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+26.60858'}^[20].
• 2050 Francis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+26.600959642'}^[21].
• 2050 Francis's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.55'}^[22].
• 2050 Francis's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1294.868877802941'}^[23].
• 2050 Francis's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+3.066'}^[24].
• 2050 Francis's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+72.48951'}^[25].
• 2050 Francis's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+72.45281573866549'}^[26].
• 2050 Francis's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3250097'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

2050 Francis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

2050 Francis has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]