8242 Joshemery

Summary

8242 Joshemery is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8242 Joshemery is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 8242 Joshemery's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8242 Joshemery's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Joshua Emery is named after 8242 Joshemery^[6].
• 8242 Joshemery's follows is recorded as Q157284^[7].
• 8242 Joshemery's followed by is recorded as 8243 Devonburr^[8].
• 8242 Joshemery's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8242 Joshemery's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8242 Joshemery's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 OV1^[11].
• 8242 Joshemery's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 QP3^[12].
• 8242 Joshemery's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 SA1^[13].
• 8242 Joshemery's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1975-09-30T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8242 Joshemery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gd2qh9^[15].
• 8242 Joshemery's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008242^[16].
• 8242 Joshemery's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8242 Joshemery's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[18].
• 8242 Joshemery's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0544096'}^[19].
• 8242 Joshemery's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05881733098443908'}^[20].
• 8242 Joshemery's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[21].
• 8242 Joshemery's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[22].
• 8242 Joshemery's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.38719'}^[23].
• 8242 Joshemery's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.40331321443637'}^[24].
• 8242 Joshemery's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.18'}^[25].
• 8242 Joshemery's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1890.151085330256'}^[26].
• 8242 Joshemery's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.76767'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8242 Joshemery's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Joshua Emery is named after 8242 Joshemery^[6].

Why It Matters

8242 Joshemery ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]