58221 Boston

Summary

58221 Boston is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 58221 Boston is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 58221 Boston's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 58221 Boston's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• 58221 Boston followed (58220) 1993 BY4^[6].
• 58221 Boston was followed by (58222) 1993 FA18^[7].
• 58221 Boston's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 58221 Boston's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 58221 Boston's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 RR93^[10].
• 58221 Boston's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 BM14^[11].
• 58221 Boston's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-01-23T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 58221 Boston's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 58221 Boston's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}^[14].
• 58221 Boston's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1116877101395912'}^[15].
• 58221 Boston's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.4'}^[16].
• 58221 Boston's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.5'}^[17].
• 58221 Boston's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.9'}^[18].
• 58221 Boston's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.89341678009011'}^[19].
• 58221 Boston's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1685.739221827176'}^[20].
• 58221 Boston's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+142.3'}^[21].
• 58221 Boston's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+142.146899482944'}^[22].
• 58221 Boston's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.772009045723018'}^[23].
• 58221 Boston's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.081608388526055'}^[24].
• 58221 Boston's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.462409702919981'}^[25].
• 58221 Boston's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+330.8'}^[26].
• 58221 Boston's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+328.9161686056975'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

58221 Boston's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

58221 Boston has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]