38086 Beowulf

Summary

38086 Beowulf is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 38086 Beowulf is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 38086 Beowulf's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 38086 Beowulf's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 38086 Beowulf's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[6].
• Beowulf is named after 38086 Beowulf^[7].
• 38086 Beowulf's follows is recorded as (38085) 1999 HO12^[8].
• 38086 Beowulf's followed by is recorded as (38087) 1999 JN^[9].
• 38086 Beowulf's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[10].
• 38086 Beowulf's Commons category is recorded as 38086 Beowulf^[11].
• 38086 Beowulf's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 38086 Beowulf's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JB^[13].
• 38086 Beowulf's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-05-05T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 38086 Beowulf's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0411qmw^[15].
• 38086 Beowulf's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20038086^[16].
• 38086 Beowulf's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 38086 Beowulf's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5663'}^[18].
• 38086 Beowulf's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5661950'}^[19].
• 38086 Beowulf's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5662303704834717'}^[20].
• 38086 Beowulf's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.4'}^[21].
• 38086 Beowulf's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.35'}^[22].
• 38086 Beowulf's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.67038'}^[23].
• 38086 Beowulf's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.67436309117855'}^[24].
• 38086 Beowulf's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1.69'}^[25].
• 38086 Beowulf's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+618.0861297229549'}^[26].
• 38086 Beowulf's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.4104'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Beowulf is named after 38086 Beowulf^[7].

Why It Matters

38086 Beowulf ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]