5878 Charlene

Summary

5878 Charlene is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5878 Charlene is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 5878 Charlene's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5878 Charlene's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 5878 Charlene's follows is recorded as 5877 Toshimaihara^[6].
• 5878 Charlene's followed by is recorded as 5879 Almeria^[7].
• 5878 Charlene's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 5878 Charlene's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 5878 Charlene's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 XU^[10].
• 5878 Charlene's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 CC1^[11].
• 5878 Charlene's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 QZ^[12].
• 5878 Charlene's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-02-14T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5878 Charlene's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y165f^[14].
• 5878 Charlene's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005878^[15].
• 5878 Charlene's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5878 Charlene's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[17].
• 5878 Charlene's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1504456'}^[18].
• 5878 Charlene's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1498079114706777'}^[19].
• 5878 Charlene's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[20].
• 5878 Charlene's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.37'}^[21].
• 5878 Charlene's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.55756'}^[22].
• 5878 Charlene's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.562819889422628'}^[23].
• 5878 Charlene's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.51'}^[24].
• 5878 Charlene's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1281.212140715808'}^[25].
• 5878 Charlene's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.0584'}^[26].
• 5878 Charlene's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+148.12545'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5878 Charlene's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

5878 Charlene 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 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]