5751 Zao

Summary

5751 Zao is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5751 Zao is credited with the discovery of Masahiro Koishikawa^[3].
• 5751 Zao's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5751 Zao's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 5751 Zao's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Sendai Astronomical Observatory^[6].
• Mount Zaō is named after 5751 Zao^[7].
• 5751 Zao's follows is recorded as 5750 Kandatai^[8].
• 5751 Zao's followed by is recorded as (5752) 1992 CJ^[9].
• 5751 Zao's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 5751 Zao's Commons category is recorded as 5751 Zao^[11].
• 5751 Zao's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5751 Zao's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 EN1^[13].
• 5751 Zao's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 AC^[14].
• 5751 Zao's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-01-05T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5751 Zao's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yl9jn^[16].
• 5751 Zao's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005751^[17].
• 5751 Zao's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[18].
• 5751 Zao's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 5751 Zao's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4237'}^[20].
• 5751 Zao's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4234194'}^[21].
• 5751 Zao's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.425326077657129'}^[22].
• 5751 Zao's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[23].
• 5751 Zao's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.94'}^[24].
• 5751 Zao's different from is recorded as Zao^[25].
• 5751 Zao's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.07081'}^[26].
• 5751 Zao's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.07378889539291'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

History and Context

Mount Zaō is named after 5751 Zao^[7].

Why It Matters

5751 Zao 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 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]