5577 Priestley

Summary

5577 Priestley is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5577 Priestley is credited with the discovery of Duncan Waldron^[3].
• 5577 Priestley's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5577 Priestley's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Joseph Priestley is named after 5577 Priestley^[6].
• 5577 Priestley's follows is recorded as 5576 Albanese^[7].
• 5577 Priestley's followed by is recorded as 5578 Takakura^[8].
• 5577 Priestley's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5577 Priestley's minor planet group is recorded as inner asteroid belt^[10].
• 5577 Priestley's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5577 Priestley's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 WQ2^[12].
• 5577 Priestley's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-11-21T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5577 Priestley's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y81md^[14].
• 5577 Priestley's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005577^[15].
• 5577 Priestley's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5577 Priestley's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04427'}^[17].
• 5577 Priestley's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0442554'}^[18].
• 5577 Priestley's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04462557080896607'}^[19].
• 5577 Priestley's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[20].
• 5577 Priestley's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.28'}^[21].
• 5577 Priestley's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.27485'}^[22].
• 5577 Priestley's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.27474747769358'}^[23].
• 5577 Priestley's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.5'}^[24].
• 5577 Priestley's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+914.8679404341289'}^[25].
• 5577 Priestley's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+160.0'}^[26].
• 5577 Priestley's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+97.01129'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5577 Priestley's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Joseph Priestley is named after 5577 Priestley^[6].

Why It Matters

5577 Priestley ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]