5610 Balster

Summary

5610 Balster is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5610 Balster is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 5610 Balster is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 5610 Balster is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 5610 Balster's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 5610 Balster's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 5610 Balster's follows is recorded as Q155567^[8].
• 5610 Balster's followed by is recorded as (5611) 1943 DL^[9].
• 5610 Balster's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 5610 Balster's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5610 Balster's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 UL6^[12].
• 5610 Balster's provisional designation is recorded as 2041 T-3^[13].
• 5610 Balster's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 5610 Balster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0x73^[15].
• 5610 Balster's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005610^[16].
• 5610 Balster's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 5610 Balster's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5610 Balster's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[19].
• 5610 Balster's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0447020'}^[20].
• 5610 Balster's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04155096821760981'}^[21].
• 5610 Balster's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[22].
• 5610 Balster's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.92'}^[23].
• 5610 Balster's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.35406'}^[24].
• 5610 Balster's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.351228273492541'}^[25].
• 5610 Balster's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.69'}^[26].
• 5610 Balster's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1717.497424773168'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5610 Balster's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

5610 Balster ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]