8521 Boulainvilliers

Summary

8521 Boulainvilliers is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8521 Boulainvilliers is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Henri de Boulainvilliers is named after 8521 Boulainvilliers^[7].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's follows is recorded as (8520) 1992 EC12^[8].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's followed by is recorded as (8522) 1992 ML^[9].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's provisional designation is recorded as 1960 WE1^[12].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 GF4^[13].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 UM^[14].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-04-04T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y11ln^[16].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008521^[17].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[19].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1820141'}^[20].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1813119195347895'}^[21].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[22].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.45'}^[23].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.55633'}^[24].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.55028849902377'}^[25].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.31'}^[26].
• 8521 Boulainvilliers's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1210.134881310534'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8521 Boulainvilliers's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Henri de Boulainvilliers is named after 8521 Boulainvilliers^[7].

Why It Matters

8521 Boulainvilliers ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]