161 Athor

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 161 Athor is credited with the discovery of James Craig Watson^[3].
• 161 Athor's image is recorded as 161Athor (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 161 Athor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 161 Athor's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Detroit Observatory^[6].
• Hathor is named after 161 Athor^[7].
• 161 Athor's follows is recorded as 160 Una^[8].
• 161 Athor's followed by is recorded as 162 Laurentia^[9].
• 161 Athor's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 161 Athor's Commons category is recorded as 161 Athor^[11].
• 161 Athor's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 161 Athor's provisional designation is recorded as 1961 PF^[13].
• 161 Athor's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 YN4^[14].
• 161 Athor's provisional designation is recorded as A899 TA^[15].
• 161 Athor's provisional designation is recorded as A876 HA^[16].
• 161 Athor's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1876-04-19T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 161 Athor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037y2s^[18].
• 161 Athor's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000161^[19].
• 161 Athor's asteroid spectral type is recorded as M-type asteroid^[20].
• 161 Athor's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[21].
• 161 Athor's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 161 Athor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1376711682334043'}^[23].
• 161 Athor's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.31'}^[24].
• 161 Athor's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.051335833804142'}^[25].
• 161 Athor's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1341.086821858176'}^[26].
• 161 Athor's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.28'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

161 Athor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Hathor is named after 161 Athor^[7].

Why It Matters

161 Athor ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]