5311 Rutherford

Summary

5311 Rutherford is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5311 Rutherford is credited with the discovery of Alan Gilmore^[3].
• 5311 Rutherford is credited with the discovery of Pamela Kilmartin^[4].
• 5311 Rutherford's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5311 Rutherford's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lake Tekapo^[6].
• Ernest Rutherford is named after 5311 Rutherford^[7].
• 5311 Rutherford's follows is recorded as 5310 Papike^[8].
• 5311 Rutherford's followed by is recorded as 5312 Schott^[9].
• 5311 Rutherford's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 5311 Rutherford's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5311 Rutherford's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 GD1^[12].
• 5311 Rutherford's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-04-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5311 Rutherford's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b753jm^[14].
• 5311 Rutherford's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005311^[15].
• 5311 Rutherford's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5311 Rutherford's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0872298'}^[17].
• 5311 Rutherford's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09231623560016117'}^[18].
• 5311 Rutherford's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[19].
• 5311 Rutherford's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.92'}^[20].
• 5311 Rutherford's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.46165'}^[21].
• 5311 Rutherford's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.457568863414662'}^[22].
• 5311 Rutherford's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.32'}^[23].
• 5311 Rutherford's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1935.571473081701'}^[24].
• 5311 Rutherford's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+227.39099'}^[25].
• 5311 Rutherford's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+227.142439385741'}^[26].
• 5311 Rutherford's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0462239'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5311 Rutherford's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Ernest Rutherford is named after 5311 Rutherford^[7].

Why It Matters

5311 Rutherford ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]