5999 Plescia

Summary

5999 Plescia is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 5999 Plescia is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 5999 Plescia is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 5999 Plescia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5999 Plescia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 5999 Plescia's follows is recorded as 5998 Sitenský^[7].
• 5999 Plescia's followed by is recorded as Q155782^[8].
• 5999 Plescia's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 5999 Plescia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5999 Plescia's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 HA^[11].
• 5999 Plescia's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 XQ^[12].
• 5999 Plescia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-04-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5999 Plescia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y807r^[14].
• 5999 Plescia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005999^[15].
• 5999 Plescia's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5999 Plescia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.31'}^[17].
• 5999 Plescia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3050294'}^[18].
• 5999 Plescia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3050734253532329'}^[19].
• 5999 Plescia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.5'}^[20].
• 5999 Plescia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.64'}^[21].
• 5999 Plescia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+23.16988'}^[22].
• 5999 Plescia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+23.17385552707293'}^[23].
• 5999 Plescia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.44'}^[24].
• 5999 Plescia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1258.058760185149'}^[25].
• 5999 Plescia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+5.392'}^[26].
• 5999 Plescia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+71.13878'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1929–2021^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32] and Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4], an astronomer^[33], 1928–1997^[34], of United States^[35], awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal^[36], specialised in geology^[37].

Why It Matters

5999 Plescia has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]