5436 Eumelos

Summary

5436 Eumelos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5436 Eumelos is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 5436 Eumelos is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 5436 Eumelos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5436 Eumelos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Eumelus is named after 5436 Eumelos^[7].
• 5436 Eumelos's follows is recorded as 5435 Kameoka^[8].
• 5436 Eumelos's followed by is recorded as (5437) 1990 DU3^[9].
• 5436 Eumelos's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 5436 Eumelos's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 5436 Eumelos's Commons category is recorded as 5436 Eumelos^[12].
• 5436 Eumelos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 5436 Eumelos's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 XF2^[14].
• 5436 Eumelos's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 DK^[15].
• 5436 Eumelos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-02-20T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 5436 Eumelos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1lw9^[17].
• 5436 Eumelos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005436^[18].
• 5436 Eumelos's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 5436 Eumelos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.078'}^[20].
• 5436 Eumelos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0768691'}^[21].
• 5436 Eumelos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07834750009326093'}^[22].
• 5436 Eumelos's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 5436 Eumelos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.40'}^[24].
• 5436 Eumelos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.46'}^[25].
• 5436 Eumelos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.43228'}^[26].
• 5436 Eumelos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.433473143622747'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5436 Eumelos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Eumelus is named after 5436 Eumelos^[7].

Why It Matters

5436 Eumelos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]