5100 Pasachoff

Summary

5100 Pasachoff is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5100 Pasachoff is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 5100 Pasachoff's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5100 Pasachoff's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lowell Observatory^[5].
• Jay Pasachoff is named after 5100 Pasachoff^[6].
• 5100 Pasachoff's follows is recorded as Q709487^[7].
• 5100 Pasachoff's followed by is recorded as 5101 Akhmerov^[8].
• 5100 Pasachoff's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5100 Pasachoff's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5100 Pasachoff's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 NC8^[11].
• 5100 Pasachoff's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 GW^[12].
• 5100 Pasachoff's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-04-15T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5100 Pasachoff's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09kfw6^[14].
• 5100 Pasachoff's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005100^[15].
• 5100 Pasachoff's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5100 Pasachoff's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[17].
• 5100 Pasachoff's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1319656'}^[18].
• 5100 Pasachoff's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1317447521691121'}^[19].
• 5100 Pasachoff's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[20].
• 5100 Pasachoff's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.73'}^[21].
• 5100 Pasachoff's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.71801'}^[22].
• 5100 Pasachoff's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.707519187082949'}^[23].
• 5100 Pasachoff's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.88'}^[24].
• 5100 Pasachoff's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1418.769456815106'}^[25].
• 5100 Pasachoff's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+10.3246'}^[26].
• 5100 Pasachoff's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+101.45302'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5100 Pasachoff's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Jay Pasachoff is named after 5100 Pasachoff^[6].

Why It Matters

5100 Pasachoff 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 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]