27997 Bandos

Summary

27997 Bandos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 27997 Bandos is credited with the discovery of Naoto Satō^[3].
• 27997 Bandos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 27997 Bandos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Chichibu Observatory^[5].
• Bandos Island is named after 27997 Bandos^[6].
• 27997 Bandos's follows is recorded as (27996) 1997 WJ5^[7].
• 27997 Bandos's followed by is recorded as (27998) 1997 WU8^[8].
• 27997 Bandos's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 27997 Bandos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 27997 Bandos's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 WL2^[11].
• 27997 Bandos's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 TD16^[12].
• 27997 Bandos's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WV7^[13].
• 27997 Bandos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-23T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 27997 Bandos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20027997^[15].
• 27997 Bandos's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 27997 Bandos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[17].
• 27997 Bandos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1470492'}^[18].
• 27997 Bandos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1451050586813392'}^[19].
• 27997 Bandos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[20].
• 27997 Bandos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.54'}^[21].
• 27997 Bandos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.76963'}^[22].
• 27997 Bandos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.7676704045252956'}^[23].
• 27997 Bandos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.66'}^[24].
• 27997 Bandos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1339.082019291845'}^[25].
• 27997 Bandos's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+42.04834'}^[26].
• 27997 Bandos's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+42.13067564275515'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

27997 Bandos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Bandos Island is named after 27997 Bandos^[6].

Why It Matters

27997 Bandos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]