12973 Melanthios

Summary

12973 Melanthios is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12973 Melanthios is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 12973 Melanthios is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 12973 Melanthios is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 12973 Melanthios's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 12973 Melanthios's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Melanthius is named after 12973 Melanthios^[8].
• 12973 Melanthios's follows is recorded as 12972 Eumaios^[9].
• 12973 Melanthios's followed by is recorded as 12974 Halitherses^[10].
• 12973 Melanthios's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 12973 Melanthios's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 12973 Melanthios's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 12973 Melanthios's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SY1^[14].
• 12973 Melanthios's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 SY7^[15].
• 12973 Melanthios's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VO21^[16].
• 12973 Melanthios's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-19T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 12973 Melanthios's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7f9r^[18].
• 12973 Melanthios's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012973^[19].
• 12973 Melanthios's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 12973 Melanthios's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.057'}^[21].
• 12973 Melanthios's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0576854'}^[22].
• 12973 Melanthios's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05753426846717168'}^[23].
• 12973 Melanthios's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[24].
• 12973 Melanthios's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.4'}^[25].
• 12973 Melanthios's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.52'}^[26].
• 12973 Melanthios's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.74292'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12973 Melanthios's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Melanthius is named after 12973 Melanthios^[8].

Why It Matters

12973 Melanthios ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]