5057 Weeks

Summary

5057 Weeks is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5057 Weeks is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• 5057 Weeks's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5057 Weeks's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Eric Weeks is named after 5057 Weeks^[6].
• 5057 Weeks's follows is recorded as 5056 Rahua^[7].
• 5057 Weeks's followed by is recorded as Q779648^[8].
• 5057 Weeks's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5057 Weeks's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5057 Weeks's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 DC6^[11].
• 5057 Weeks's provisional designation is recorded as 1937 CC^[12].
• 5057 Weeks's provisional designation is recorded as 1959 CG^[13].
• 5057 Weeks's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 GM^[14].
• 5057 Weeks's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-02-22T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5057 Weeks's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bbvwdm^[16].
• 5057 Weeks's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005057^[17].
• 5057 Weeks's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5057 Weeks's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[19].
• 5057 Weeks's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1478927'}^[20].
• 5057 Weeks's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1483474134242838'}^[21].
• 5057 Weeks's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.4'}^[22].
• 5057 Weeks's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.58'}^[23].
• 5057 Weeks's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.00492'}^[24].
• 5057 Weeks's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.007454032717068'}^[25].
• 5057 Weeks's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.53'}^[26].
• 5057 Weeks's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2016.823065690328'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5057 Weeks's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Eric Weeks is named after 5057 Weeks^[6].

Why It Matters

5057 Weeks ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]