5408 Thé

Summary

5408 Thé is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5408 Thé is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 5408 Thé is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 5408 Thé is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 5408 Thé's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 5408 Thé's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Pik Sin Thé is named after 5408 Thé^[8].
• 5408 Thé's follows is recorded as (5407) 1992 AX^[9].
• 5408 Thé's followed by is recorded as 5409 Saale^[10].
• 5408 Thé's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 5408 Thé's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5408 Thé's provisional designation is recorded as 1232 T-1^[13].
• 5408 Thé's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 EL^[14].
• 5408 Thé's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 JA2^[15].
• 5408 Thé's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 UP2^[16].
• 5408 Thé's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 GA^[17].
• 5408 Thé's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1971-03-25T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 5408 Thé's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04f_pwz^[19].
• 5408 Thé's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005408^[20].
• 5408 Thé's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 5408 Thé's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[22].
• 5408 Thé's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1388995'}^[23].
• 5408 Thé's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1375260227703051'}^[24].
• 5408 Thé's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[25].
• 5408 Thé's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.85'}^[26].
• 5408 Thé's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.08060'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5408 Thé's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Pik Sin Thé is named after 5408 Thé^[8].

Why It Matters

5408 Thé 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 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]