1620 Geographos

Summary

1620 Geographos is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1620 Geographos is credited with the discovery of Albert George Wilson^[3].
• 1620 Geographos is credited with the discovery of Rudolph Minkowski^[4].
• 1620 Geographos's image is recorded as Geographos.jpg^[5].
• 1620 Geographos's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[6].
• 1620 Geographos's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[7].
• 1620 Geographos's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[8].
• 1620 Geographos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[9].
• National Geographic Society is named after 1620 Geographos^[10].
• 1620 Geographos's follows is recorded as Q141519^[11].
• 1620 Geographos's followed by is recorded as Q141559^[12].
• 1620 Geographos's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[13].
• 1620 Geographos's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2001006390^[14].
• 1620 Geographos's Commons category is recorded as 1620 Geographos^[15].
• 1620 Geographos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[16].
• 1620 Geographos's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 RA^[17].
• 1620 Geographos's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 CY3^[18].
• 1620 Geographos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1951-09-14T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 1620 Geographos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02l05p^[20].
• 1620 Geographos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001620^[21].
• 1620 Geographos's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[22].
• 1620 Geographos's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 1620 Geographos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3354'}^[24].
• 1620 Geographos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3354405'}^[25].
• 1620 Geographos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3355121972709708'}^[26].
• 1620 Geographos's described by source is recorded as (1620) Geographos^[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

National Geographic Society is named after 1620 Geographos^[10].

Why It Matters

1620 Geographos ranks in the top 5% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]