5869 Tanith

Summary

5869 Tanith is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5869 Tanith is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 5869 Tanith's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5869 Tanith's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 5869 Tanith's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 5869 Tanith's follows is recorded as 5868 Ohta^[7].
• 5869 Tanith's followed by is recorded as Q155696^[8].
• 5869 Tanith's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[9].
• 5869 Tanith's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Tanit sign (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 5869 Tanith's Commons category is recorded as 5869 Tanith^[11].
• 5869 Tanith's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5869 Tanith's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 VN4^[13].
• 5869 Tanith's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-11-04T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 5869 Tanith's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh2qx^[15].
• 5869 Tanith's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005869^[16].
• 5869 Tanith's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 5869 Tanith's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3211'}^[18].
• 5869 Tanith's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3210313'}^[19].
• 5869 Tanith's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3213945232064802'}^[20].
• 5869 Tanith's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.2'}^[21].
• 5869 Tanith's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.22'}^[22].
• 5869 Tanith's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.92770'}^[23].
• 5869 Tanith's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.9249998875992'}^[24].
• 5869 Tanith's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.44'}^[25].
• 5869 Tanith's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+890.9983782632452'}^[26].
• 5869 Tanith's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+17.519'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

5869 Tanith 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]