5306 Fangfen

Summary

5306 Fangfen is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5306 Fangfen is credited with the discovery of Harvard College Observatory^[3].
• 5306 Fangfen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5306 Fangfen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Harvard College Observatory^[5].
• 5306 Fangfen's follows is recorded as 5305 Bernievolz^[6].
• 5306 Fangfen's followed by is recorded as 5307 Paul-André^[7].
• 5306 Fangfen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 5306 Fangfen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 5306 Fangfen's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 PE1^[10].
• 5306 Fangfen's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 TF9^[11].
• 5306 Fangfen's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 UM^[12].
• 5306 Fangfen's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 YZ8^[13].
• 5306 Fangfen's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 BB^[14].
• 5306 Fangfen's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 BU5^[15].
• 5306 Fangfen's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 DR4^[16].
• 5306 Fangfen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-01-25T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 5306 Fangfen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y20qp^[18].
• 5306 Fangfen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005306^[19].
• 5306 Fangfen's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 5306 Fangfen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[21].
• 5306 Fangfen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0714717'}^[22].
• 5306 Fangfen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07033849036819657'}^[23].
• 5306 Fangfen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[24].
• 5306 Fangfen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.76'}^[25].
• 5306 Fangfen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.13135'}^[26].
• 5306 Fangfen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.12863880908484'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5306 Fangfen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

5306 Fangfen ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]