5655 Barney

Summary

5655 Barney is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5655 Barney is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 5655 Barney is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 5655 Barney is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 5655 Barney's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 5655 Barney's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Ida Barney is named after 5655 Barney^[8].
• 5655 Barney's follows is recorded as Q155592^[9].
• 5655 Barney's followed by is recorded as Q155595^[10].
• 5655 Barney's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 5655 Barney's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5655 Barney's provisional designation is recorded as 1159 T-2^[13].
• 5655 Barney's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 EN1^[14].
• 5655 Barney's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5655 Barney's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0xnw^[16].
• 5655 Barney's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005655^[17].
• 5655 Barney's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5655 Barney's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[19].
• 5655 Barney's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0393078'}^[20].
• 5655 Barney's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03823697106843123'}^[21].
• 5655 Barney's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[22].
• 5655 Barney's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.34'}^[23].
• 5655 Barney's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.49622'}^[24].
• 5655 Barney's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.48405942071332'}^[25].
• 5655 Barney's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.14'}^[26].
• 5655 Barney's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1512.502219075433'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5655 Barney's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Ida Barney is named after 5655 Barney^[8].

Why It Matters

5655 Barney ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]