5950 Leukippos

Summary

5950 Leukippos is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 5950 Leukippos is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 5950 Leukippos is credited with the discovery of Violeta G. Ivanova^[4].
• 5950 Leukippos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5950 Leukippos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Rozhen Observatory^[6].
• Leucippus is named after 5950 Leukippos^[7].
• 5950 Leukippos's follows is recorded as (5949) 1985 RL3^[8].
• 5950 Leukippos's followed by is recorded as 5951 Alicemonet^[9].
• 5950 Leukippos's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 5950 Leukippos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5950 Leukippos's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 QL^[12].
• 5950 Leukippos's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 PS4^[13].
• 5950 Leukippos's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 RV4^[14].
• 5950 Leukippos's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 YG3^[15].
• 5950 Leukippos's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 PV2^[16].
• 5950 Leukippos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-08-09T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 5950 Leukippos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y73zv^[18].
• 5950 Leukippos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005950^[19].
• 5950 Leukippos's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 5950 Leukippos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[21].
• 5950 Leukippos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1044023'}^[22].
• 5950 Leukippos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1067511742747369'}^[23].
• 5950 Leukippos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.6'}^[24].
• 5950 Leukippos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.81'}^[25].
• 5950 Leukippos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.07862'}^[26].
• 5950 Leukippos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.074233866238236'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Eric Walter Elst^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1936–2022^[29], of Belgium^[30], specialised in astronomy^[31] and Violeta G. Ivanova^[4], an astronomer^[32], b. 2000^[33], of Bulgaria^[34], specialised in astronomy^[35].

Why It Matters

5950 Leukippos has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]