27938 Guislain

Summary

27938 Guislain is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 27938 Guislain is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 27938 Guislain's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 27938 Guislain's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Joseph Guislain is named after 27938 Guislain^[6].
• 27938 Guislain's follows is recorded as (27937) 1997 JJ13^[7].
• 27938 Guislain's followed by is recorded as (27939) 1997 LL2^[8].
• 27938 Guislain's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 27938 Guislain's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 27938 Guislain's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 YO8^[11].
• 27938 Guislain's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 JG16^[12].
• 27938 Guislain's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-05-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 27938 Guislain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ch23g1^[14].
• 27938 Guislain's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20027938^[15].
• 27938 Guislain's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 27938 Guislain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[17].
• 27938 Guislain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1716396'}^[18].
• 27938 Guislain's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1761870232873239'}^[19].
• 27938 Guislain's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[20].
• 27938 Guislain's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.94'}^[21].
• 27938 Guislain's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.84462'}^[22].
• 27938 Guislain's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.79741022129756'}^[23].
• 27938 Guislain's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.36'}^[24].
• 27938 Guislain's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1954.954436615694'}^[25].
• 27938 Guislain's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+27.3868'}^[26].
• 27938 Guislain's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+63.96464'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

27938 Guislain's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Joseph Guislain is named after 27938 Guislain^[6].

Why It Matters

27938 Guislain ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]