5099 Iainbanks
main-belt minor planet
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Summary
5099 Iainbanks is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Henri Debehogne[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: La Silla Observatory[4]
- Named after: Iain Banks[5]
- Follows: 5098 Tomsolomon[6]
- Followed by: 5100 Pasachoff[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1985 DY1[10], 1971 TD1[11], 1979 WC7[12], 1990 HJ2[13]
- Time of discovery or invention: February 16, 1985[14]
- Significant event: naming[15]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.05[16], 0.0521109[17], 0.05153294543790858[18]
- Absolute magnitude: 13.2[19], 13.31[20]
- Orbital inclination: 1.18267 degree[21], 1.182392892070609 degree[22]
- Orbital period: 3.92 years[23], 1430.820910223652 day[24]
- Longitude of ascending node: 81.07701 degree[25], 81.08261620530105 degree[26]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.4849310 astronomical unit[27], 2.484989555186299 astronomical unit[28]
- Apoapsis: 2.614 astronomical unit[29], 2.613048386347487 astronomical unit[30]
- Periapsis: 2.3554390 astronomical unit[31], 2.356930724025111 astronomical unit[32]
- Argument of periapsis: 289.71043 degree[33], 287.8341324807372 degree[34]
- Mean anomaly: 56.87618 degree[35], 302.6446117244419 degree[36]
- Diameter: 6.18 km[37]
- Albedo: 0.243[38]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[39]
- Time of periapsis: 2461228.4591357186 Julian day[40]
Why It Matters
5099 Iainbanks is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]