5959 Shaklan

Summary

5959 Shaklan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5959 Shaklan is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 5959 Shaklan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5959 Shaklan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 5959 Shaklan's follows is recorded as Q377779^[6].
• 5959 Shaklan's followed by is recorded as 5960 Wakkanai^[7].
• 5959 Shaklan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 5959 Shaklan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 5959 Shaklan's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 MG^[10].
• 5959 Shaklan's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 NB1^[11].
• 5959 Shaklan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-07-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 5959 Shaklan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygf0h^[13].
• 5959 Shaklan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005959^[14].
• 5959 Shaklan's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 5959 Shaklan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[16].
• 5959 Shaklan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0955662'}^[17].
• 5959 Shaklan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09345833835880646'}^[18].
• 5959 Shaklan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.2'}^[19].
• 5959 Shaklan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.44'}^[20].
• 5959 Shaklan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.82889'}^[21].
• 5959 Shaklan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.83519105700247'}^[22].
• 5959 Shaklan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.7'}^[23].
• 5959 Shaklan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2084.192804220181'}^[24].
• 5959 Shaklan's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+13.172'}^[25].
• 5959 Shaklan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+135.40498'}^[26].
• 5959 Shaklan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+135.3240031213357'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5959 Shaklan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

5959 Shaklan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]