5541 Seimei

Summary

5541 Seimei is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5541 Seimei is credited with the discovery of Hiroki Kosai^[3].
• 5541 Seimei is credited with the discovery of Kiichirō Furukawa^[4].
• 5541 Seimei's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5541 Seimei's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kiso Observatory^[6].
• Abe no Seimei is named after 5541 Seimei^[7].
• 5541 Seimei's follows is recorded as 5540 Smirnova^[8].
• 5541 Seimei's followed by is recorded as 5542 Moffatt^[9].
• 5541 Seimei's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 5541 Seimei's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5541 Seimei's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 ST5^[12].
• 5541 Seimei's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 UH16^[13].
• 5541 Seimei's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SJ11^[14].
• 5541 Seimei's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1976-10-22T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5541 Seimei's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygbxb^[16].
• 5541 Seimei's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005541^[17].
• 5541 Seimei's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5541 Seimei's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[19].
• 5541 Seimei's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1472843'}^[20].
• 5541 Seimei's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1413713685147393'}^[21].
• 5541 Seimei's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.2'}^[22].
• 5541 Seimei's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.48'}^[23].
• 5541 Seimei's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.88809'}^[24].
• 5541 Seimei's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.88557357402986'}^[25].
• 5541 Seimei's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.67'}^[26].
• 5541 Seimei's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2078.176864097486'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5541 Seimei's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Abe no Seimei is named after 5541 Seimei^[7].

Why It Matters

5541 Seimei 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 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]