53537 Zhangyun

Summary

53537 Zhangyun is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 53537 Zhangyun is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 53537 Zhangyun's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 53537 Zhangyun's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Yun Zhang is named after 53537 Zhangyun^[6].
• 53537 Zhangyun followed (53536) 2000 AE239^[7].
• 53537 Zhangyun was followed by (53538) 2000 AE240^[8].
• 53537 Zhangyun's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 53537 Zhangyun's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 53537 Zhangyun's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AZ239^[11].
• 53537 Zhangyun's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 6, 2000^[12].
• 53537 Zhangyun's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 53537 Zhangyun's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07880360315093606'}^[14].
• 53537 Zhangyun's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.55'}^[15].
• 53537 Zhangyun's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.837298701349301'}^[16].
• 53537 Zhangyun's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1400.024644207784'}^[17].
• 53537 Zhangyun's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+72.74'}^[18].
• 53537 Zhangyun's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+358.3145719031608'}^[19].
• 53537 Zhangyun's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.449203299039308'}^[20].
• 53537 Zhangyun's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.642209343852765'}^[21].
• 53537 Zhangyun's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.256197254225851'}^[22].
• 53537 Zhangyun's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+242.9473512352602'}^[23].
• 53537 Zhangyun's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+192.495914535792'}^[24].
• 53537 Zhangyun's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[25].
• 53537 Zhangyun's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461651.916243487'}^[26].

Body

Designation and Status

53537 Zhangyun's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Yun Zhang is named after 53537 Zhangyun^[6].

Why It Matters

53537 Zhangyun ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]