51772 Sparker

Summary

51772 Sparker is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 51772 Sparker is credited with the discovery of Ron Dyvig^[3].
• 51772 Sparker's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 51772 Sparker's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Badlands Observatory^[5].
• 51772 Sparker's follows is recorded as (51771) 2001 MH^[6].
• 51772 Sparker's followed by is recorded as (51773) 2001 MV^[7].
• 51772 Sparker's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 51772 Sparker's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 51772 Sparker's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 RC8^[10].
• 51772 Sparker's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 MJ^[11].
• 51772 Sparker's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-06-16T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 51772 Sparker's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ch1bj_^[13].
• 51772 Sparker's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20051772^[14].
• 51772 Sparker's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 51772 Sparker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[16].
• 51772 Sparker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1878556995653471'}^[17].
• 51772 Sparker's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[18].
• 51772 Sparker's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.13'}^[19].
• 51772 Sparker's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.0'}^[20].
• 51772 Sparker's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.02710951210172'}^[21].
• 51772 Sparker's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1606.392335884588'}^[22].
• 51772 Sparker's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+261.0'}^[23].
• 51772 Sparker's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+260.8594664087061'}^[24].
• 51772 Sparker's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.684327276118358'}^[25].
• 51772 Sparker's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.188593454435914'}^[26].
• 51772 Sparker's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.180061097800801'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

51772 Sparker's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

51772 Sparker ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]