8255 Masiero

Summary

8255 Masiero is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8255 Masiero is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 8255 Masiero's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8255 Masiero's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Joseph Masiero is named after 8255 Masiero^[6].
• 8255 Masiero's follows is recorded as 8254 Moskovitz^[7].
• 8255 Masiero's followed by is recorded as 8256 Shenzhou^[8].
• 8255 Masiero's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8255 Masiero's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8255 Masiero's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EZ18^[11].
• 8255 Masiero's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 8255 Masiero's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b754pg^[13].
• 8255 Masiero's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008255^[14].
• 8255 Masiero's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 8255 Masiero's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[16].
• 8255 Masiero's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0450131'}^[17].
• 8255 Masiero's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04750680301557241'}^[18].
• 8255 Masiero's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[19].
• 8255 Masiero's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.12'}^[20].
• 8255 Masiero's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.62348'}^[21].
• 8255 Masiero's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.625396641787102'}^[22].
• 8255 Masiero's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.41'}^[23].
• 8255 Masiero's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1610.433634996982'}^[24].
• 8255 Masiero's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+283.58343'}^[25].
• 8255 Masiero's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+283.2934593664621'}^[26].
• 8255 Masiero's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6899312'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8255 Masiero's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Joseph Masiero is named after 8255 Masiero^[6].

Why It Matters

8255 Masiero ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]