5720 Halweaver

Summary

5720 Halweaver is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5720 Halweaver is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 5720 Halweaver is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 5720 Halweaver's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5720 Halweaver's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Hal Weaver is named after 5720 Halweaver^[7].
• 5720 Halweaver's follows is recorded as 5719 Křižík^[8].
• 5720 Halweaver's followed by is recorded as (5721) 1984 SO5^[9].
• 5720 Halweaver's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[10].
• 5720 Halweaver's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5720 Halweaver's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 FN^[12].
• 5720 Halweaver's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 VT6^[13].
• 5720 Halweaver's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1984-03-29T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 5720 Halweaver's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y378j^[15].
• 5720 Halweaver's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005720^[16].
• 5720 Halweaver's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 5720 Halweaver's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3064545'}^[18].
• 5720 Halweaver's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3059461'}^[19].
• 5720 Halweaver's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3077083496098482'}^[20].
• 5720 Halweaver's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.02'}^[21].
• 5720 Halweaver's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[22].
• 5720 Halweaver's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[23].
• 5720 Halweaver's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.85'}^[24].
• 5720 Halweaver's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.48589'}^[25].
• 5720 Halweaver's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.46816330285271'}^[26].
• 5720 Halweaver's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.47'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5720 Halweaver's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Hal Weaver is named after 5720 Halweaver^[7].

Why It Matters

5720 Halweaver 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 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]