5261 Eureka

Summary

5261 Eureka is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5261 Eureka is credited with the discovery of David H. Levy^[3].
• 5261 Eureka is credited with the discovery of Henry E. Holt^[4].
• 5261 Eureka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5261 Eureka's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Eureka is named after 5261 Eureka^[7].
• 5261 Eureka's follows is recorded as 5260 Philvéron^[8].
• 5261 Eureka's followed by is recorded as 5262 Brucegoldberg^[9].
• 5261 Eureka's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[10].
• 5261 Eureka's minor planet group is recorded as Mars trojan^[11].
• 5261 Eureka's Commons category is recorded as 5261 Eureka^[12].
• 5261 Eureka's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 5261 Eureka's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 MB^[14].
• 5261 Eureka's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-06-20T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5261 Eureka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03jq2m^[16].
• 5261 Eureka's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005261^[17].
• 5261 Eureka's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 5261 Eureka's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 5261 Eureka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.065'}^[20].
• 5261 Eureka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0648090'}^[21].
• 5261 Eureka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06487352882090523'}^[22].
• 5261 Eureka's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5-Mars-Sun^[23].
• 5261 Eureka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.1'}^[24].
• 5261 Eureka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.282'}^[25].
• 5261 Eureka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.28204'}^[26].
• 5261 Eureka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.28191958842011'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5261 Eureka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Eureka is named after 5261 Eureka^[7].

Why It Matters

5261 Eureka ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]