10718 Samusʹ

Summary

10718 Samusʹ is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10718 Samusʹ is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 10718 Samusʹ's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10718 Samusʹ's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Nikolay Samus is named after 10718 Samusʹ^[6].
• 10718 Samusʹ's follows is recorded as 10717 Dickwalker^[7].
• 10718 Samusʹ's followed by is recorded as 10719 Andamar^[8].
• 10718 Samusʹ's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10718 Samusʹ's Commons category is recorded as 10718 Samusʹ^[10].
• 10718 Samusʹ's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 10718 Samusʹ's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 QM5^[12].
• 10718 Samusʹ's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 QO2^[13].
• 10718 Samusʹ's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-08-23T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 10718 Samusʹ's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg3gw^[15].
• 10718 Samusʹ's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010718^[16].
• 10718 Samusʹ's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 10718 Samusʹ's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[18].
• 10718 Samusʹ's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1462985'}^[19].
• 10718 Samusʹ's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1434218954586702'}^[20].
• 10718 Samusʹ's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[21].
• 10718 Samusʹ's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.79'}^[22].
• 10718 Samusʹ's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.55480'}^[23].
• 10718 Samusʹ's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.557472697653478'}^[24].
• 10718 Samusʹ's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.03'}^[25].
• 10718 Samusʹ's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1840.607925385245'}^[26].
• 10718 Samusʹ's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+149.18673'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10718 Samusʹ's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Nikolay Samus is named after 10718 Samusʹ^[6].

Why It Matters

10718 Samusʹ 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 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]