5181 SURF

Summary

5181 SURF is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5181 SURF is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 5181 SURF's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5181 SURF's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship is named after 5181 SURF^[6].
• 5181 SURF's follows is recorded as 5180 Ohno^[7].
• 5181 SURF's followed by is recorded as 5182 Bray^[8].
• 5181 SURF's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5181 SURF's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5181 SURF's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 AF3^[11].
• 5181 SURF's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 GO^[12].
• 5181 SURF's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-04-07T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5181 SURF's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygy8p^[14].
• 5181 SURF's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005181^[15].
• 5181 SURF's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5181 SURF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 5181 SURF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1360786'}^[18].
• 5181 SURF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13668771395438'}^[19].
• 5181 SURF's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[20].
• 5181 SURF's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.54'}^[21].
• 5181 SURF's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.15003'}^[22].
• 5181 SURF's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.146588552493017'}^[23].
• 5181 SURF's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.74'}^[24].
• 5181 SURF's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1365.875435054864'}^[25].
• 5181 SURF's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.1097'}^[26].
• 5181 SURF's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+65.54080'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5181 SURF's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship is named after 5181 SURF^[6].

Why It Matters

5181 SURF ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]