5217 Chaozhou

Summary

5217 Chaozhou is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5217 Chaozhou is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].
• 5217 Chaozhou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5217 Chaozhou's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Purple Mountain Observatory^[5].
• Chaozhou is named after 5217 Chaozhou^[6].
• 5217 Chaozhou's follows is recorded as Q155120^[7].
• 5217 Chaozhou's followed by is recorded as 5218 Kutsak^[8].
• 5217 Chaozhou's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5217 Chaozhou's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5217 Chaozhou's provisional designation is recorded as 1966 CL^[11].
• 5217 Chaozhou's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 DX^[12].
• 5217 Chaozhou's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1966-02-13T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5217 Chaozhou's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0463qmd^[14].
• 5217 Chaozhou's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005217^[15].
• 5217 Chaozhou's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5217 Chaozhou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[17].
• 5217 Chaozhou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1648510'}^[18].
• 5217 Chaozhou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16500175970616'}^[19].
• 5217 Chaozhou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[20].
• 5217 Chaozhou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.86'}^[21].
• 5217 Chaozhou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.92022'}^[22].
• 5217 Chaozhou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.921134880960122'}^[23].
• 5217 Chaozhou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.68'}^[24].
• 5217 Chaozhou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1343.958101968263'}^[25].
• 5217 Chaozhou's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+11.3'}^[26].
• 5217 Chaozhou's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+124.14797'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5217 Chaozhou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Chaozhou is named after 5217 Chaozhou^[6].

Why It Matters

5217 Chaozhou ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]