5395 Shosasaki

Summary

5395 Shosasaki is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5395 Shosasaki is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 5395 Shosasaki's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5395 Shosasaki's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[5].
• Sho Sasaki is named after 5395 Shosasaki^[6].
• 5395 Shosasaki's follows is recorded as 5394 Jurgens^[7].
• 5395 Shosasaki's followed by is recorded as 5396 Kathleenhowell^[8].
• 5395 Shosasaki's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5395 Shosasaki's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5395 Shosasaki's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 UO20^[11].
• 5395 Shosasaki's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 TK^[12].
• 5395 Shosasaki's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 RK11^[13].
• 5395 Shosasaki's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-09-14T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 5395 Shosasaki's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygjhr^[15].
• 5395 Shosasaki's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005395^[16].
• 5395 Shosasaki's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 5395 Shosasaki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.27'}^[18].
• 5395 Shosasaki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2710132'}^[19].
• 5395 Shosasaki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2697979186677464'}^[20].
• 5395 Shosasaki's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[21].
• 5395 Shosasaki's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[22].
• 5395 Shosasaki's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.94091'}^[23].
• 5395 Shosasaki's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.942688574522863'}^[24].
• 5395 Shosasaki's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.04'}^[25].
• 5395 Shosasaki's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1478.137471943266'}^[26].
• 5395 Shosasaki's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+168.48618'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5395 Shosasaki's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Sho Sasaki is named after 5395 Shosasaki^[6].

Why It Matters

5395 Shosasaki 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 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]