14827 Hypnos

Summary

14827 Hypnos is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #27 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 14827 Hypnos is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 14827 Hypnos is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 14827 Hypnos's image is recorded as Hypnos-orbit.gif^[5].
• 14827 Hypnos's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[6].
• 14827 Hypnos's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[7].
• 14827 Hypnos's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[8].
• 14827 Hypnos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[9].
• Hypnos is named after 14827 Hypnos^[10].
• 14827 Hypnos's follows is recorded as Q139780^[11].
• 14827 Hypnos's followed by is recorded as (14828) 1986 QT1^[12].
• 14827 Hypnos's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[13].
• 14827 Hypnos's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hypnos symbol (fixed width).svg^[14].
• 14827 Hypnos's Commons category is recorded as 14827 Hypnos^[15].
• 14827 Hypnos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[16].
• 14827 Hypnos's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 JK^[17].
• 14827 Hypnos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-05-05T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 14827 Hypnos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03w9gmx^[19].
• 14827 Hypnos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20014827^[20].
• 14827 Hypnos's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 14827 Hypnos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6648'}^[22].
• 14827 Hypnos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6662082'}^[23].
• 14827 Hypnos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6642732186549486'}^[24].
• 14827 Hypnos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.3'}^[25].
• 14827 Hypnos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.81'}^[26].
• 14827 Hypnos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.981'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[6], near-Earth object^[7], and near-Earth asteroid^[8].

History and Context

Hypnos is named after 14827 Hypnos^[10].

Why It Matters

14827 Hypnos draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #27 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]