8804 Eliason

Summary

8804 Eliason is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8804 Eliason is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 8804 Eliason is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 8804 Eliason's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 8804 Eliason's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 8804 Eliason's follows is recorded as 8803 Kolyer^[7].
• 8804 Eliason's followed by is recorded as 8805 Petrpetrov^[8].
• 8804 Eliason's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8804 Eliason's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8804 Eliason's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 JB2^[11].
• 8804 Eliason's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 FF2^[12].
• 8804 Eliason's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-05-05T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 8804 Eliason's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1k0j^[14].
• 8804 Eliason's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008804^[15].
• 8804 Eliason's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 8804 Eliason's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[17].
• 8804 Eliason's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0405696'}^[18].
• 8804 Eliason's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04799740129545924'}^[19].
• 8804 Eliason's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.9'}^[20].
• 8804 Eliason's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.04'}^[21].
• 8804 Eliason's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.93973'}^[22].
• 8804 Eliason's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.97392147352634'}^[23].
• 8804 Eliason's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.61'}^[24].
• 8804 Eliason's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2046.46545910995'}^[25].
• 8804 Eliason's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+43.88722'}^[26].
• 8804 Eliason's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+43.66283348441964'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8804 Eliason's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

8804 Eliason ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]