5208 Royer

Summary

5208 Royer is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5208 Royer is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 5208 Royer's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5208 Royer's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 5208 Royer's follows is recorded as 5207 Hearnshaw^[6].
• 5208 Royer's followed by is recorded as 5209 Oloosson^[7].
• 5208 Royer's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 5208 Royer's Commons category is recorded as 5208 Royer^[9].
• 5208 Royer's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5208 Royer's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 CH1^[11].
• 5208 Royer's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-02-06T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 5208 Royer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y873d^[13].
• 5208 Royer's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005208^[14].
• 5208 Royer's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[15].
• 5208 Royer's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5208 Royer's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[17].
• 5208 Royer's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0460282'}^[18].
• 5208 Royer's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04872946330219124'}^[19].
• 5208 Royer's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[20].
• 5208 Royer's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[21].
• 5208 Royer's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.90374'}^[22].
• 5208 Royer's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.91929988050897'}^[23].
• 5208 Royer's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.2'}^[24].
• 5208 Royer's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1534.674939877459'}^[25].
• 5208 Royer's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.866'}^[26].
• 5208 Royer's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+124.55885'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5208 Royer's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

5208 Royer ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]