27050 Beresheet

Summary

27050 Beresheet is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 27050 Beresheet is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 27050 Beresheet's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 27050 Beresheet's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Beresheet is named after 27050 Beresheet^[6].
• 27050 Beresheet followed 27049 Kraus^[7].
• 27050 Beresheet was followed by (27051) 1998 SM5^[8].
• 27050 Beresheet's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 27050 Beresheet's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 27050 Beresheet's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SW4^[11].
• 27050 Beresheet's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 17, 1998^[12].
• 27050 Beresheet's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 27050 Beresheet's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[14].
• 27050 Beresheet's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1529290'}^[15].
• 27050 Beresheet's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.152741191415632'}^[16].
• 27050 Beresheet's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[17].
• 27050 Beresheet's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.3'}^[18].
• 27050 Beresheet's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.84722'}^[19].
• 27050 Beresheet's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.844052843412292'}^[20].
• 27050 Beresheet's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.23'}^[21].
• 27050 Beresheet's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1179.338463480277'}^[22].
• 27050 Beresheet's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+32.88661'}^[23].
• 27050 Beresheet's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+32.79571692702419'}^[24].
• 27050 Beresheet's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.1848910'}^[25].
• 27050 Beresheet's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.184540114960501'}^[26].
• 27050 Beresheet's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.519'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

27050 Beresheet's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Beresheet is named after 27050 Beresheet^[6].

Why It Matters

27050 Beresheet ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]