5102 Benfranklin

Summary

5102 Benfranklin is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 5102 Benfranklin is credited with the discovery of Antonín Mrkos^[3].
• 5102 Benfranklin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5102 Benfranklin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory^[5].
• Benjamin Franklin is named after 5102 Benfranklin^[6].
• 5102 Benfranklin followed 5101 Akhmerov^[7].
• 5102 Benfranklin was followed by 5103 Diviš^[8].
• 5102 Benfranklin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5102 Benfranklin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5102 Benfranklin's provisional designation is recorded as 1930 UA1^[11].
• 5102 Benfranklin's provisional designation is recorded as 1939 PB^[12].
• 5102 Benfranklin's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 RD1^[13].
• 5102 Benfranklin's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 AJ1^[14].
• 5102 Benfranklin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-09-02T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5102 Benfranklin's asteroid spectral type is recorded as B-type asteroid^[16].
• 5102 Benfranklin's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 5102 Benfranklin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.20'}^[18].
• 5102 Benfranklin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1938738'}^[19].
• 5102 Benfranklin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.196220080860492'}^[20].
• 5102 Benfranklin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.7'}^[21].
• 5102 Benfranklin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.81'}^[22].
• 5102 Benfranklin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.10341'}^[23].
• 5102 Benfranklin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.112753470066874'}^[24].
• 5102 Benfranklin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.69'}^[25].
• 5102 Benfranklin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1711.32354426389'}^[26].
• 5102 Benfranklin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+317.25204'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

5102 Benfranklin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Benjamin Franklin is named after 5102 Benfranklin^[6].

Why It Matters

5102 Benfranklin has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]