5249 Giza

Summary

5249 Giza is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5249 Giza is credited with the discovery of Norman G. Thomas^[3].
• 5249 Giza's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5249 Giza's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lowell Observatory^[5].
• Giza is named after 5249 Giza^[6].
• 5249 Giza's follows is recorded as 5248 Scardia^[7].
• 5249 Giza's followed by is recorded as 5250 Jas^[8].
• 5249 Giza's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5249 Giza's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5249 Giza's provisional designation is recorded as 1965 AZ^[11].
• 5249 Giza's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 HJ^[12].
• 5249 Giza's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 CF1^[13].
• 5249 Giza's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-04-18T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 5249 Giza's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2s08^[15].
• 5249 Giza's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005249^[16].
• 5249 Giza's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 5249 Giza's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[18].
• 5249 Giza's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1451969'}^[19].
• 5249 Giza's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1451265383257505'}^[20].
• 5249 Giza's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.2'}^[21].
• 5249 Giza's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.38'}^[22].
• 5249 Giza's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.16756'}^[23].
• 5249 Giza's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.168105229628285'}^[24].
• 5249 Giza's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.64'}^[25].
• 5249 Giza's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2058.35008539474'}^[26].
• 5249 Giza's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+122.90853'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5249 Giza's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Giza is named after 5249 Giza^[6].

Why It Matters

5249 Giza ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]