5477 Holmes

Summary

5477 Holmes is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5477 Holmes is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 5477 Holmes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5477 Holmes's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Robert Holmes is named after 5477 Holmes^[6].
• 5477 Holmes's follows is recorded as 5476 Mulius^[7].
• 5477 Holmes's followed by is recorded as 5478 Wartburg^[8].
• 5477 Holmes's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5477 Holmes's minor planet group is recorded as inner asteroid belt^[10].
• 5477 Holmes's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5477 Holmes's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 UH2^[12].
• 5477 Holmes's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-10-27T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5477 Holmes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bs4zpr^[14].
• 5477 Holmes's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005477^[15].
• 5477 Holmes's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5477 Holmes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0752289'}^[17].
• 5477 Holmes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07555337756972169'}^[18].
• 5477 Holmes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[19].
• 5477 Holmes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.29'}^[20].
• 5477 Holmes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.55103'}^[21].
• 5477 Holmes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.54652922982253'}^[22].
• 5477 Holmes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.65'}^[23].
• 5477 Holmes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+969.6010666975201'}^[24].
• 5477 Holmes's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.994'}^[25].
• 5477 Holmes's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+49.11165'}^[26].
• 5477 Holmes's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+49.07197892812486'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5477 Holmes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Robert Holmes is named after 5477 Holmes^[6].

Why It Matters

5477 Holmes ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]