59239 Alhazen

Summary

59239 Alhazen is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 59239 Alhazen is credited with the discovery of Stefano Sposetti^[3].
• 59239 Alhazen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 59239 Alhazen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Osservatorio Astronomico di Gnosca^[5].
• Ibn al-Haytham is named after 59239 Alhazen^[6].
• 59239 Alhazen's follows is recorded as 59238 Lilin^[7].
• 59239 Alhazen's followed by is recorded as (59240) 1999 CY2^[8].
• 59239 Alhazen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 59239 Alhazen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 59239 Alhazen's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BD4^[11].
• 59239 Alhazen's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 CR2^[12].
• 59239 Alhazen's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QS79^[13].
• 59239 Alhazen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-02-07T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 59239 Alhazen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0qgr^[15].
• 59239 Alhazen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20059239^[16].
• 59239 Alhazen's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 59239 Alhazen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[18].
• 59239 Alhazen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2099214851445582'}^[19].
• 59239 Alhazen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[20].
• 59239 Alhazen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.43'}^[21].
• 59239 Alhazen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.1'}^[22].
• 59239 Alhazen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.140167504056604'}^[23].
• 59239 Alhazen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1234.045435086087'}^[24].
• 59239 Alhazen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.8'}^[25].
• 59239 Alhazen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.724470908831878'}^[26].
• 59239 Alhazen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.251585701168693'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

59239 Alhazen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Ibn al-Haytham is named after 59239 Alhazen^[6].

Why It Matters

59239 Alhazen ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]