5456 Merman

Summary

5456 Merman is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5456 Merman is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 5456 Merman's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5456 Merman's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• 5456 Merman's follows is recorded as 5455 Surkov^[6].
• 5456 Merman's followed by is recorded as 5457 Queen's^[7].
• 5456 Merman's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 5456 Merman's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 5456 Merman's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 GS^[10].
• 5456 Merman's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 HH3^[11].
• 5456 Merman's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 KK1^[12].
• 5456 Merman's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BK11^[13].
• 5456 Merman's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RB6^[14].
• 5456 Merman's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-04-25T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5456 Merman's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7fqt^[16].
• 5456 Merman's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005456^[17].
• 5456 Merman's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5456 Merman's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[19].
• 5456 Merman's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0505933'}^[20].
• 5456 Merman's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04976675690104596'}^[21].
• 5456 Merman's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[22].
• 5456 Merman's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.49'}^[23].
• 5456 Merman's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.03423'}^[24].
• 5456 Merman's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.025748521970852'}^[25].
• 5456 Merman's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.62'}^[26].
• 5456 Merman's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1321.739881042081'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5456 Merman's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

5456 Merman ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]