8086 Peterthomas

Summary

8086 Peterthomas is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8086 Peterthomas is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 8086 Peterthomas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8086 Peterthomas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 8086 Peterthomas's follows is recorded as (8085) 1989 CD8^[6].
• 8086 Peterthomas's followed by is recorded as 8087 Kazutaka^[7].
• 8086 Peterthomas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 8086 Peterthomas's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[9].
• 8086 Peterthomas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8086 Peterthomas's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 UY5^[11].
• 8086 Peterthomas's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 VH6^[12].
• 8086 Peterthomas's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 RB6^[13].
• 8086 Peterthomas's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 UZ12^[14].
• 8086 Peterthomas's provisional designation is recorded as 2019 EP3^[15].
• 8086 Peterthomas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-09-01T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8086 Peterthomas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7zsn^[17].
• 8086 Peterthomas's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008086^[18].
• 8086 Peterthomas's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8086 Peterthomas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[20].
• 8086 Peterthomas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2102844'}^[21].
• 8086 Peterthomas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2066594686596622'}^[22].
• 8086 Peterthomas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.6'}^[23].
• 8086 Peterthomas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.75'}^[24].
• 8086 Peterthomas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.15232'}^[25].
• 8086 Peterthomas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.12162349149943'}^[26].
• 8086 Peterthomas's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+7.83'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8086 Peterthomas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

8086 Peterthomas ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]