10295 Hippolyta

Summary

10295 Hippolyta is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10295 Hippolyta is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 10295 Hippolyta is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 10295 Hippolyta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 10295 Hippolyta's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Hippolyta is named after 10295 Hippolyta^[7].
• 10295 Hippolyta's follows is recorded as (10294) 1988 AA2^[8].
• 10295 Hippolyta's followed by is recorded as 10296 Rominadisisto^[9].
• 10295 Hippolyta's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[10].
• 10295 Hippolyta's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 10295 Hippolyta's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 GB^[12].
• 10295 Hippolyta's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-04-12T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 10295 Hippolyta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3pww^[14].
• 10295 Hippolyta's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010295^[15].
• 10295 Hippolyta's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 10295 Hippolyta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.33'}^[17].
• 10295 Hippolyta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3336804'}^[18].
• 10295 Hippolyta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3340574506143499'}^[19].
• 10295 Hippolyta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.6'}^[20].
• 10295 Hippolyta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.64'}^[21].
• 10295 Hippolyta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.24249'}^[22].
• 10295 Hippolyta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.24242297660147'}^[23].
• 10295 Hippolyta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.77'}^[24].
• 10295 Hippolyta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1013.300958609873'}^[25].
• 10295 Hippolyta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.67277'}^[26].
• 10295 Hippolyta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.64143194339324'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10295 Hippolyta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Hippolyta is named after 10295 Hippolyta^[7].

Why It Matters

10295 Hippolyta 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 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]