5948 Longo

Summary

5948 Longo is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5948 Longo is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 5948 Longo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5948 Longo's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 5948 Longo followed 5947 Bonnie^[6].
• 5948 Longo was followed by (5949) 1985 RL3^[7].
• 5948 Longo's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 5948 Longo's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 5948 Longo's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 JL^[10].
• 5948 Longo's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 HO2^[11].
• 5948 Longo's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 15, 1985^[12].
• 5948 Longo's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 5948 Longo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22'}^[14].
• 5948 Longo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2238310'}^[15].
• 5948 Longo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2191338455373359'}^[16].
• 5948 Longo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[17].
• 5948 Longo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.61'}^[18].
• 5948 Longo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.51147'}^[19].
• 5948 Longo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.538907137524589'}^[20].
• 5948 Longo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.53'}^[21].
• 5948 Longo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1657.624651577937'}^[22].
• 5948 Longo's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+76.32464'}^[23].
• 5948 Longo's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+76.02935323293968'}^[24].
• 5948 Longo's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7376014'}^[25].
• 5948 Longo's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.741101895426111'}^[26].
• 5948 Longo's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.350'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5948 Longo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

5948 Longo ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]