5391 Emmons

Summary

5391 Emmons is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5391 Emmons is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 5391 Emmons's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5391 Emmons's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Richard H. Emmons is named after 5391 Emmons^[6].
• 5391 Emmons's follows is recorded as 5390 Huichiming^[7].
• 5391 Emmons's followed by is recorded as 5392 Parker^[8].
• 5391 Emmons's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5391 Emmons's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5391 Emmons's provisional designation is recorded as 1934 RH^[11].
• 5391 Emmons's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 RF1^[12].
• 5391 Emmons's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 VE3^[13].
• 5391 Emmons's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 RE2^[14].
• 5391 Emmons's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-09-13T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5391 Emmons's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1kp4^[16].
• 5391 Emmons's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005391^[17].
• 5391 Emmons's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5391 Emmons's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.24'}^[19].
• 5391 Emmons's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2429286'}^[20].
• 5391 Emmons's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2430115626610642'}^[21].
• 5391 Emmons's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[22].
• 5391 Emmons's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[23].
• 5391 Emmons's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.51234'}^[24].
• 5391 Emmons's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.510455618747828'}^[25].
• 5391 Emmons's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.4'}^[26].
• 5391 Emmons's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1240.882519018446'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5391 Emmons's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Richard H. Emmons is named after 5391 Emmons^[6].

Why It Matters

5391 Emmons ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]