1198 Atlantis

Summary

1198 Atlantis is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1198 Atlantis is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth^[3].
• 1198 Atlantis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1198 Atlantis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Atlantis is named after 1198 Atlantis^[6].
• 1198 Atlantis's follows is recorded as Q136919^[7].
• 1198 Atlantis's followed by is recorded as 1199 Geldonia^[8].
• 1198 Atlantis's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 1198 Atlantis's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1198 Atlantis's astronomic symbol image is recorded as 1198 Atlantis symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 1198 Atlantis's Commons category is recorded as 1198 Atlantis^[12].
• 1198 Atlantis's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 1198 Atlantis's provisional designation is recorded as 1931 RA^[14].
• 1198 Atlantis's provisional designation is recorded as 1958 RQ^[15].
• 1198 Atlantis's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 TQ4^[16].
• 1198 Atlantis's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 VX6^[17].
• 1198 Atlantis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1931-09-07T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 1198 Atlantis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0vxx^[19].
• 1198 Atlantis's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001198^[20].
• 1198 Atlantis's asteroid spectral type is recorded as L-type asteroid^[21].
• 1198 Atlantis's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 1198 Atlantis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.34'}^[23].
• 1198 Atlantis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3356744'}^[24].
• 1198 Atlantis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3351096004150015'}^[25].
• 1198 Atlantis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[26].
• 1198 Atlantis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1198 Atlantis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Atlantis is named after 1198 Atlantis^[6].

Why It Matters

1198 Atlantis ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]