5861 Glynjones

Summary

5861 Glynjones is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5861 Glynjones is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 5861 Glynjones's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5861 Glynjones's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lowell Observatory^[5].
• Kenneth Glyn Jones is named after 5861 Glynjones^[6].
• 5861 Glynjones's follows is recorded as Q259577^[7].
• 5861 Glynjones's followed by is recorded as 5862 Sakanoue^[8].
• 5861 Glynjones's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5861 Glynjones's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5861 Glynjones's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 RR2^[11].
• 5861 Glynjones's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 RW^[12].
• 5861 Glynjones's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-09-15T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5861 Glynjones's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2syf^[14].
• 5861 Glynjones's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005861^[15].
• 5861 Glynjones's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5861 Glynjones's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[17].
• 5861 Glynjones's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1875701'}^[18].
• 5861 Glynjones's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1877620641566191'}^[19].
• 5861 Glynjones's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[20].
• 5861 Glynjones's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.23'}^[21].
• 5861 Glynjones's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.11821'}^[22].
• 5861 Glynjones's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.1169103339262'}^[23].
• 5861 Glynjones's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.32'}^[24].
• 5861 Glynjones's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1211.087724421832'}^[25].
• 5861 Glynjones's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+326.69066'}^[26].
• 5861 Glynjones's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+326.6318316281926'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5861 Glynjones's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Kenneth Glyn Jones is named after 5861 Glynjones^[6].

Why It Matters

5861 Glynjones 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 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]