39890 Bobstephens

Summary

39890 Bobstephens is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 39890 Bobstephens is credited with the discovery of Petr Pravec^[3].
• 39890 Bobstephens's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 39890 Bobstephens's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ondřejov Observatory^[5].
• Robert D. Stephens is named after 39890 Bobstephens^[6].
• 39890 Bobstephens's follows is recorded as (39889) 1998 FG^[7].
• 39890 Bobstephens's followed by is recorded as (39891) 1998 FB5^[8].
• 39890 Bobstephens's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 39890 Bobstephens's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 39890 Bobstephens's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FA3^[11].
• 39890 Bobstephens's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-23T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 39890 Bobstephens's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y10gk^[13].
• 39890 Bobstephens's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20039890^[14].
• 39890 Bobstephens's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 39890 Bobstephens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22'}^[16].
• 39890 Bobstephens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2174870'}^[17].
• 39890 Bobstephens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2148446379790865'}^[18].
• 39890 Bobstephens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.8'}^[19].
• 39890 Bobstephens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.26'}^[20].
• 39890 Bobstephens's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.49480'}^[21].
• 39890 Bobstephens's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.494552534935792'}^[22].
• 39890 Bobstephens's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.17'}^[23].
• 39890 Bobstephens's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1526.239306722429'}^[24].
• 39890 Bobstephens's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.55'}^[25].
• 39890 Bobstephens's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+161.72048'}^[26].
• 39890 Bobstephens's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+161.601077366077'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

39890 Bobstephens's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Robert D. Stephens is named after 39890 Bobstephens^[6].

Why It Matters

39890 Bobstephens ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]