2074 Shoemaker

Summary

2074 Shoemaker is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2074 Shoemaker is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 2074 Shoemaker's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2074 Shoemaker's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Eugene Merle Shoemaker is named after 2074 Shoemaker^[6].
• 2074 Shoemaker's follows is recorded as 2073 Janáček^[7].
• 2074 Shoemaker's followed by is recorded as Q746162^[8].
• 2074 Shoemaker's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 2074 Shoemaker's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 2074 Shoemaker's Commons category is recorded as 2074 Shoemaker^[11].
• 2074 Shoemaker's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 2074 Shoemaker's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 UA^[13].
• 2074 Shoemaker's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1974-10-17T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 2074 Shoemaker's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygj9h^[15].
• 2074 Shoemaker's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002074^[16].
• 2074 Shoemaker's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 2074 Shoemaker's asteroid family is recorded as Hungaria family^[18].
• 2074 Shoemaker's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 2074 Shoemaker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.081819'}^[20].
• 2074 Shoemaker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0819686'}^[21].
• 2074 Shoemaker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08191831116641628'}^[22].
• 2074 Shoemaker's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[23].
• 2074 Shoemaker's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.09'}^[24].
• 2074 Shoemaker's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+30.07926'}^[25].
• 2074 Shoemaker's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+30.07633264316941'}^[26].
• 2074 Shoemaker's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.41'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2074 Shoemaker's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Eugene Merle Shoemaker is named after 2074 Shoemaker^[6].

Why It Matters

2074 Shoemaker ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]