5380 Sprigg

Summary

5380 Sprigg is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5380 Sprigg is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].
• 5380 Sprigg's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5380 Sprigg's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Reginald Claude Sprigg is named after 5380 Sprigg^[6].
• 5380 Sprigg's follows is recorded as Q155314^[7].
• 5380 Sprigg's followed by is recorded as 5381 Sekhmet^[8].
• 5380 Sprigg's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5380 Sprigg's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5380 Sprigg's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 JN^[11].
• 5380 Sprigg's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 LA1^[12].
• 5380 Sprigg's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 JT^[13].
• 5380 Sprigg's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-05-07T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 5380 Sprigg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygrqp^[15].
• 5380 Sprigg's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005380^[16].
• 5380 Sprigg's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 5380 Sprigg's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[18].
• 5380 Sprigg's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2108275'}^[19].
• 5380 Sprigg's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2124681944599118'}^[20].
• 5380 Sprigg's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[21].
• 5380 Sprigg's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.24'}^[22].
• 5380 Sprigg's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.30291'}^[23].
• 5380 Sprigg's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.306589722230267'}^[24].
• 5380 Sprigg's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.14'}^[25].
• 5380 Sprigg's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1511.354053816407'}^[26].
• 5380 Sprigg's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.219'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5380 Sprigg's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Reginald Claude Sprigg is named after 5380 Sprigg^[6].

Why It Matters

5380 Sprigg 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 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]