5223 McSween

Summary

5223 McSween is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5223 McSween is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 5223 McSween's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5223 McSween's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Harold Y. McSween is named after 5223 McSween^[6].
• 5223 McSween's follows is recorded as 5222 Ioffe^[7].
• 5223 McSween's followed by is recorded as Q155126^[8].
• 5223 McSween's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5223 McSween's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5223 McSween's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EX6^[11].
• 5223 McSween's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-06T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 5223 McSween's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7dy0^[13].
• 5223 McSween's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005223^[14].
• 5223 McSween's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 5223 McSween's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[16].
• 5223 McSween's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1760809'}^[17].
• 5223 McSween's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1793756255297971'}^[18].
• 5223 McSween's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[19].
• 5223 McSween's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.22'}^[20].
• 5223 McSween's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.96693'}^[21].
• 5223 McSween's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.9905646591432'}^[22].
• 5223 McSween's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.71'}^[23].
• 5223 McSween's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2085.038442840384'}^[24].
• 5223 McSween's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+341.67906'}^[25].
• 5223 McSween's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+341.4478195654869'}^[26].
• 5223 McSween's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1962060'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5223 McSween's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Harold Y. McSween is named after 5223 McSween^[6].

Why It Matters

5223 McSween ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]