8405 Asbolus

Summary

8405 Asbolus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8405 Asbolus is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 8405 Asbolus's image is recorded as AsbolA.png^[4].
• 8405 Asbolus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 8405 Asbolus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[6].
• Asbolus is named after 8405 Asbolus^[7].
• 8405 Asbolus's follows is recorded as (8404) 1995 AN^[8].
• 8405 Asbolus's followed by is recorded as 8406 Iwaokusano^[9].
• 8405 Asbolus's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[10].
• 8405 Asbolus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Asbolus symbol.svg^[11].
• 8405 Asbolus's Commons category is recorded as 8405 Asbolus^[12].
• 8405 Asbolus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 8405 Asbolus's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 GO^[14].
• 8405 Asbolus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-04-05T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8405 Asbolus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02tb3m^[16].
• 8405 Asbolus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008405^[17].
• 8405 Asbolus's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8405 Asbolus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6192273'}^[19].
• 8405 Asbolus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6218214'}^[20].
• 8405 Asbolus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6173222203620333'}^[21].
• 8405 Asbolus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.21'}^[22].
• 8405 Asbolus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.62785'}^[23].
• 8405 Asbolus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.6174400161563'}^[24].
• 8405 Asbolus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+76.2'}^[25].
• 8405 Asbolus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+28041.64130266941'}^[26].
• 8405 Asbolus's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.9351'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8405 Asbolus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Asbolus is named after 8405 Asbolus^[7].

Why It Matters

8405 Asbolus ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]