101781 Gojira

Summary

101781 Gojira is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 101781 Gojira is credited with the discovery of Roy A. Tucker^[3].
• 101781 Gojira's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 101781 Gojira's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goodricke-Pigott Observatory^[5].
• Godzilla is named after 101781 Gojira^[6].
• 101781 Gojira's follows is recorded as (101780) 1999 GP8^[7].
• 101781 Gojira's followed by is recorded as (101782) 1999 GF10^[8].
• 101781 Gojira's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 101781 Gojira's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 101781 Gojira's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GU9^[11].
• 101781 Gojira's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-04-14T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 101781 Gojira's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20101781^[13].
• 101781 Gojira's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 101781 Gojira's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[15].
• 101781 Gojira's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1390819403418257'}^[16].
• 101781 Gojira's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[17].
• 101781 Gojira's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.36'}^[18].
• 101781 Gojira's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.3'}^[19].
• 101781 Gojira's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.32618091469212'}^[20].
• 101781 Gojira's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1476.992898079438'}^[21].
• 101781 Gojira's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+181.4'}^[22].
• 101781 Gojira's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+181.2763098204979'}^[23].
• 101781 Gojira's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.538165792983902'}^[24].
• 101781 Gojira's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.891178816381352'}^[25].
• 101781 Gojira's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.185152769586452'}^[26].
• 101781 Gojira's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+248.4'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

101781 Gojira's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Godzilla is named after 101781 Gojira^[6].

Why It Matters

101781 Gojira ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]