5061 McIntosh

Summary

5061 McIntosh is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5061 McIntosh is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].
• 5061 McIntosh's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5061 McIntosh's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Bruce A. McIntosh is named after 5061 McIntosh^[6].
• 5061 McIntosh's follows is recorded as 5060 Yoneta^[7].
• 5061 McIntosh's followed by is recorded as Q1069297^[8].
• 5061 McIntosh's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5061 McIntosh's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5061 McIntosh's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 DJ^[11].
• 5061 McIntosh's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 OU4^[12].
• 5061 McIntosh's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-02-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5061 McIntosh's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7ds6^[14].
• 5061 McIntosh's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005061^[15].
• 5061 McIntosh's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5061 McIntosh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[17].
• 5061 McIntosh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0693376'}^[18].
• 5061 McIntosh's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06741584428691227'}^[19].
• 5061 McIntosh's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[20].
• 5061 McIntosh's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.78'}^[21].
• 5061 McIntosh's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.73218'}^[22].
• 5061 McIntosh's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.738758525583732'}^[23].
• 5061 McIntosh's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.37'}^[24].
• 5061 McIntosh's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1959.157171096645'}^[25].
• 5061 McIntosh's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.5113'}^[26].
• 5061 McIntosh's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+240.68229'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5061 McIntosh's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Bruce A. McIntosh is named after 5061 McIntosh^[6].

Why It Matters

5061 McIntosh ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]