5740 Toutoumi

Summary

5740 Toutoumi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5740 Toutoumi is credited with the discovery of Yoshiaki Oshima^[3].
• 5740 Toutoumi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5740 Toutoumi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Gekko Observatory^[5].
• Tōtōmi Province is named after 5740 Toutoumi^[6].
• 5740 Toutoumi's follows is recorded as Q710762^[7].
• 5740 Toutoumi's followed by is recorded as 5741 Akanemaruta^[8].
• 5740 Toutoumi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5740 Toutoumi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5740 Toutoumi's provisional designation is recorded as 1942 VD^[11].
• 5740 Toutoumi's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 VB1^[12].
• 5740 Toutoumi's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 AL2^[13].
• 5740 Toutoumi's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 HP2^[14].
• 5740 Toutoumi's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 WM3^[15].
• 5740 Toutoumi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-11-29T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 5740 Toutoumi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhcff^[17].
• 5740 Toutoumi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005740^[18].
• 5740 Toutoumi's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 5740 Toutoumi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[20].
• 5740 Toutoumi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1919142'}^[21].
• 5740 Toutoumi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1917174926016833'}^[22].
• 5740 Toutoumi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[23].
• 5740 Toutoumi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[24].
• 5740 Toutoumi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.55020'}^[25].
• 5740 Toutoumi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.55223686354499'}^[26].
• 5740 Toutoumi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.26'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5740 Toutoumi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Tōtōmi Province is named after 5740 Toutoumi^[6].

Why It Matters

5740 Toutoumi 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]