3553 Mera

Summary

3553 Mera is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3553 Mera is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 3553 Mera's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3553 Mera's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 3553 Mera's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Maera is named after 3553 Mera^[7].
• 3553 Mera's follows is recorded as 3552 Don Quixote^[8].
• 3553 Mera's followed by is recorded as 3554 Amun^[9].
• 3553 Mera's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 3553 Mera's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 3553 Mera's Commons category is recorded as 3553 Mera^[12].
• 3553 Mera's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 3553 Mera's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 JA^[14].
• 3553 Mera's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-05-14T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 3553 Mera's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7fmc^[16].
• 3553 Mera's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003553^[17].
• 3553 Mera's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 3553 Mera's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.320060'}^[19].
• 3553 Mera's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3200572'}^[20].
• 3553 Mera's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3199542454810656'}^[21].
• 3553 Mera's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+20.25'}^[22].
• 3553 Mera's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.5'}^[23].
• 3553 Mera's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.4'}^[24].
• 3553 Mera's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+36.77089'}^[25].
• 3553 Mera's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+36.77174'}^[26].
• 3553 Mera's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+36.77388595389595'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

History and Context

Maera is named after 3553 Mera^[7].

Why It Matters

3553 Mera ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]