1404 Ajax

Summary

1404 Ajax is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1404 Ajax is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth^[3].
• 1404 Ajax's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1404 Ajax's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Ajax the Great is named after 1404 Ajax^[6].
• 1404 Ajax followed Q138797^[7].
• 1404 Ajax was followed by 1405 Sibelius^[8].
• 1404 Ajax's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 1404 Ajax's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 1404 Ajax's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 1404 Ajax's Commons category is recorded as 1404 Ajax^[12].
• 1404 Ajax's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 1404 Ajax's provisional designation is recorded as 1936 QW^[14].
• 1404 Ajax's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1936-08-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 1404 Ajax's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 1404 Ajax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.113524'}^[17].
• 1404 Ajax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1143731'}^[18].
• 1404 Ajax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1124052870928298'}^[19].
• 1404 Ajax's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[20].
• 1404 Ajax's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.3'}^[21].
• 1404 Ajax's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.29'}^[22].
• 1404 Ajax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.01402'}^[23].
• 1404 Ajax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.03163071086053'}^[24].
• 1404 Ajax's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+12.2'}^[25].
• 1404 Ajax's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4435.52638672312'}^[26].
• 1404 Ajax's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+29.411'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

1404 Ajax's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Ajax the Great is named after 1404 Ajax^[6].

Why It Matters

1404 Ajax has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]