250840 Motörhead

Summary

250840 Motörhead is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 250840 Motörhead is credited with the discovery of Jean-Claude Merlin^[3].
• 250840 Motörhead's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 250840 Motörhead's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nogales^[5].
• Motörhead is named after 250840 Motörhead^[6].
• 250840 Motörhead's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[7].
• 250840 Motörhead's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 250840 Motörhead's provisional designation is recorded as 2005 UT158^[9].
• 250840 Motörhead's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 30, 2005^[10].
• 250840 Motörhead's significant event is recorded as naming^[11].
• 250840 Motörhead's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[12].
• 250840 Motörhead's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1235310425281022'}^[13].
• 250840 Motörhead's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.7'}^[14].
• 250840 Motörhead's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.85'}^[15].
• 250840 Motörhead's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.4'}^[16].
• 250840 Motörhead's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.351680452477455'}^[17].
• 250840 Motörhead's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1999.09395910006'}^[18].
• 250840 Motörhead's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+238.7'}^[19].
• 250840 Motörhead's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+238.2135981001044'}^[20].
• 250840 Motörhead's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.105678674654738'}^[21].
• 250840 Motörhead's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.489326399092132'}^[22].
• 250840 Motörhead's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.722030950217343'}^[23].
• 250840 Motörhead's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+187.2'}^[24].
• 250840 Motörhead's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+190.8159633208342'}^[25].
• 250840 Motörhead's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+270.2'}^[26].
• 250840 Motörhead's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+231.323636448523'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

250840 Motörhead's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Motörhead is named after 250840 Motörhead^[6].

Why It Matters

250840 Motörhead ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]