5044 Shestaka

Summary

5044 Shestaka is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5044 Shestaka is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 5044 Shestaka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5044 Shestaka's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• 5044 Shestaka's follows is recorded as 5043 Zadornov^[6].
• 5044 Shestaka's followed by is recorded as 5045 Hoyin^[7].
• 5044 Shestaka's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 5044 Shestaka's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 5044 Shestaka's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 QH4^[10].
• 5044 Shestaka's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 TR^[11].
• 5044 Shestaka's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 EG5^[12].
• 5044 Shestaka's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-08-18T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5044 Shestaka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yggk4^[14].
• 5044 Shestaka's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005044^[15].
• 5044 Shestaka's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5044 Shestaka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[17].
• 5044 Shestaka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1060291'}^[18].
• 5044 Shestaka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1056675923862548'}^[19].
• 5044 Shestaka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[20].
• 5044 Shestaka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.27'}^[21].
• 5044 Shestaka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.84202'}^[22].
• 5044 Shestaka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.843815433624335'}^[23].
• 5044 Shestaka's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.35'}^[24].
• 5044 Shestaka's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1225.786514881956'}^[25].
• 5044 Shestaka's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.2573'}^[26].
• 5044 Shestaka's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+344.55604'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5044 Shestaka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

5044 Shestaka ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]