1208 Troilus

Summary

1208 Troilus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1208 Troilus is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth^[3].
• 1208 Troilus's image is recorded as 1208 Troilus Hubble.jpg^[4].
• 1208 Troilus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 1208 Troilus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Troilus is named after 1208 Troilus^[7].
• 1208 Troilus's follows is recorded as Q136994^[8].
• 1208 Troilus's followed by is recorded as Q137007^[9].
• 1208 Troilus's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 1208 Troilus's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 1208 Troilus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 1208 Troilus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Troilus symbol (fixed width).svg^[13].
• 1208 Troilus's Commons category is recorded as 1208 Troilus^[14].
• 1208 Troilus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 1208 Troilus's provisional designation is recorded as 1931 YA^[16].
• 1208 Troilus's provisional designation is recorded as 1965 WK^[17].
• 1208 Troilus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1931-12-31T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 1208 Troilus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhdwv^[19].
• 1208 Troilus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001208^[20].
• 1208 Troilus's asteroid spectral type is recorded as F-type asteroid^[21].
• 1208 Troilus's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 1208 Troilus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0918'}^[23].
• 1208 Troilus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0913500'}^[24].
• 1208 Troilus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09264280875570072'}^[25].
• 1208 Troilus's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[26].
• 1208 Troilus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.99'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1208 Troilus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Troilus is named after 1208 Troilus^[7].

Why It Matters

1208 Troilus ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]