54509 YORP

Summary

54509 YORP is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 54509 YORP is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 54509 YORP's image is recorded as 54509 YORP image radar and 3D model.gif^[4].
• 54509 YORP's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 54509 YORP's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 54509 YORP's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[7].
• Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect is named after 54509 YORP^[8].
• 54509 YORP's follows is recorded as (54508) 2000 PD4^[9].
• 54509 YORP's followed by is recorded as 54510 Yakagehonjin^[10].
• 54509 YORP's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[11].
• 54509 YORP's astronomic symbol image is recorded as YORP symbol.svg^[12].
• 54509 YORP's Commons category is recorded as 54509 YORP^[13].
• 54509 YORP's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 54509 YORP's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 PH5^[15].
• 54509 YORP's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-08-03T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 54509 YORP's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yl6g0^[17].
• 54509 YORP's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20054509^[18].
• 54509 YORP's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 54509 YORP's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23004'}^[20].
• 54509 YORP's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2299564007394579'}^[21].
• 54509 YORP's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+22.66'}^[22].
• 54509 YORP's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.59975'}^[23].
• 54509 YORP's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.59947687557732'}^[24].
• 54509 YORP's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+368.4854535763412'}^[25].
• 54509 YORP's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+0.2029'}^[26].
• 54509 YORP's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+278.391'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and near-Earth object^[6].

History and Context

Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect is named after 54509 YORP^[8].

Why It Matters

54509 YORP ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]