161989 Cacus

Summary

161989 Cacus is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 161989 Cacus is credited with the discovery of Hans-Emil Schuster^[3].
• 161989 Cacus's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[4].
• 161989 Cacus's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 161989 Cacus's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 161989 Cacus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[7].
• 161989 Cacus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[8].
• Cacus is named after 161989 Cacus^[9].
• 161989 Cacus's follows is recorded as (161988) 4069 T-3^[10].
• 161989 Cacus's followed by is recorded as (161990) 1981 EY29^[11].
• 161989 Cacus's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[12].
• 161989 Cacus's Commons category is recorded as 161989 Cacus^[13].
• 161989 Cacus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 161989 Cacus's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 CA^[15].
• 161989 Cacus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-02-08T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 161989 Cacus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b2_tb_^[17].
• 161989 Cacus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20161989^[18].
• 161989 Cacus's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 161989 Cacus's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 161989 Cacus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2140'}^[21].
• 161989 Cacus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2138348957294045'}^[22].
• 161989 Cacus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.1'}^[23].
• 161989 Cacus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.31'}^[24].
• 161989 Cacus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.0604'}^[25].
• 161989 Cacus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.06541924652434'}^[26].
• 161989 Cacus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+434.4920960575288'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Cacus is named after 161989 Cacus^[9].

Why It Matters

161989 Cacus draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]