8538 Gammelmaja

Summary

8538 Gammelmaja is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8538 Gammelmaja is credited with the discovery of Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist^[3].
• 8538 Gammelmaja is credited with the discovery of Uppsala–ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets^[4].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's follows is recorded as 8537 Billochbull^[7].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's followed by is recorded as 8539 Laban^[8].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 TW^[11].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 DX10^[12].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 QX8^[13].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 SV5^[14].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 DL2^[15].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 RM^[16].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FR26^[17].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 DL11^[18].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-03-21T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2jll^[20].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008538^[21].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[23].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0895488'}^[24].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0884440337169455'}^[25].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.2'}^[26].
• 8538 Gammelmaja's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.49'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8538 Gammelmaja's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

8538 Gammelmaja 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 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]