11252 Laërtes

Summary

11252 Laërtes is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11252 Laërtes is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 11252 Laërtes is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 11252 Laërtes is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 11252 Laërtes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 11252 Laërtes's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Laertes is named after 11252 Laërtes^[8].
• 11252 Laërtes's follows is recorded as 11251 Icarion^[9].
• 11252 Laërtes's followed by is recorded as 11253 Mesyats^[10].
• 11252 Laërtes's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 11252 Laërtes's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 11252 Laërtes's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 11252 Laërtes's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SA2^[14].
• 11252 Laërtes's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 AY2^[15].
• 11252 Laërtes's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-19T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 11252 Laërtes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043q8rj^[17].
• 11252 Laërtes's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011252^[18].
• 11252 Laërtes's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 11252 Laërtes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.029'}^[20].
• 11252 Laërtes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0305722'}^[21].
• 11252 Laërtes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03010289603154012'}^[22].
• 11252 Laërtes's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 11252 Laërtes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.6'}^[24].
• 11252 Laërtes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.67'}^[25].
• 11252 Laërtes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.85755'}^[26].
• 11252 Laërtes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.85714260696901'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11252 Laërtes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Laertes is named after 11252 Laërtes^[8].

Why It Matters

11252 Laërtes ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]