1172 Äneas

Summary

1172 Äneas is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1172 Äneas is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth^[3].
• 1172 Äneas's image is recorded as 1172 Aneas 28.07.2014.gif^[4].
• 1172 Äneas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 1172 Äneas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Aeneas is named after 1172 Äneas^[7].
• 1172 Äneas's follows is recorded as 1171 Rusthawelia^[8].
• 1172 Äneas's followed by is recorded as 1173 Anchises^[9].
• 1172 Äneas's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 1172 Äneas's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 1172 Äneas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 1172 Äneas's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Äneas symbol (fixed width).svg^[13].
• 1172 Äneas's Commons category is recorded as 1172 Äneas^[14].
• 1172 Äneas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 1172 Äneas's provisional designation is recorded as 1930 UA^[16].
• 1172 Äneas's catalog code is recorded as 1930 UA^[17].
• 1172 Äneas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1930-10-17T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 1172 Äneas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y8tzc^[19].
• 1172 Äneas's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001172^[20].
• 1172 Äneas's asteroid spectral type is recorded as D-type asteroid^[21].
• 1172 Äneas's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 1172 Äneas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1049'}^[23].
• 1172 Äneas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1038688'}^[24].
• 1172 Äneas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1054001790715214'}^[25].
• 1172 Äneas's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[26].
• 1172 Äneas's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.690'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1172 Äneas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

1172 Äneas's catalog code is recorded as 1930 UA^[17]. Aeneas is named after it^[7].

Why It Matters

1172 Äneas ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]