2590 Mourão

Summary

2590 Mourão is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2590 Mourão is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• 2590 Mourão's image is recorded as 002590-asteroid shape model (2590) Mourão.png^[4].
• 2590 Mourão's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 2590 Mourão's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Ronaldo Mourão is named after 2590 Mourão^[7].
• 2590 Mourão's follows is recorded as Q582725^[8].
• 2590 Mourão's followed by is recorded as Q679923^[9].
• 2590 Mourão's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 2590 Mourão's Commons category is recorded as 2590 Mourão^[11].
• 2590 Mourão's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 2590 Mourão's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 WP^[13].
• 2590 Mourão's provisional designation is recorded as 1963 SM^[14].
• 2590 Mourão's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 UN^[15].
• 2590 Mourão's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 VG2^[16].
• 2590 Mourão's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 XK^[17].
• 2590 Mourão's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 KJ^[18].
• 2590 Mourão's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-05-22T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 2590 Mourão's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043qs5w^[20].
• 2590 Mourão's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002590^[21].
• 2590 Mourão's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 2590 Mourão's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[23].
• 2590 Mourão's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1184076'}^[24].
• 2590 Mourão's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1180917469211657'}^[25].
• 2590 Mourão's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.4'}^[26].
• 2590 Mourão's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.55'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2590 Mourão's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Ronaldo Mourão is named after 2590 Mourão^[7].

Why It Matters

2590 Mourão ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]