5863 Tara

Summary

5863 Tara is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5863 Tara is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 5863 Tara is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 5863 Tara's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5863 Tara's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 5863 Tara's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Tārā is named after 5863 Tara^[8].
• 5863 Tara's follows is recorded as 5862 Sakanoue^[9].
• 5863 Tara's followed by is recorded as Q920473^[10].
• 5863 Tara's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[11].
• 5863 Tara's Commons category is recorded as 5863 Tara^[12].
• 5863 Tara's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 5863 Tara's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 RB^[14].
• 5863 Tara's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-09-07T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5863 Tara's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh2xt^[16].
• 5863 Tara's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005863^[17].
• 5863 Tara's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5863 Tara's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5067'}^[19].
• 5863 Tara's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5059906'}^[20].
• 5863 Tara's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5072831222027552'}^[21].
• 5863 Tara's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.7'}^[22].
• 5863 Tara's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.84'}^[23].
• 5863 Tara's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.49250'}^[24].
• 5863 Tara's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.50910982342812'}^[25].
• 5863 Tara's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.31'}^[26].
• 5863 Tara's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1208.595538142494'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and near-Earth object^[6].

History and Context

Tārā is named after 5863 Tara^[8].

Why It Matters

5863 Tara ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]