162173 Ryugu

Summary

162173 Ryugu is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (439 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 162173 Ryugu is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 162173 Ryugu's image is recorded as Ryugu rotation.gif^[4].
• 162173 Ryugu's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 162173 Ryugu's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 162173 Ryugu's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[7].
• Ryūgū-jō is named after 162173 Ryugu^[8].
• 162173 Ryugu's follows is recorded as (162172) 1999 GQ58^[9].
• 162173 Ryugu's followed by is recorded as (162174) 1999 JS11^[10].
• 162173 Ryugu's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[11].
• 162173 Ryugu's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Ryugu symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 162173 Ryugu's Commons category is recorded as 162173 Ryugu^[13].
• 162173 Ryugu's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 162173 Ryugu's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JU3^[15].
• 162173 Ryugu's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-05-10T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 162173 Ryugu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fphp01^[17].
• 162173 Ryugu's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20162173^[18].
• 162173 Ryugu's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[19].
• 162173 Ryugu's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 162173 Ryugu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:162173 Ryugu^[21].
• 162173 Ryugu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19027'}^[22].
• 162173 Ryugu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1910626231558206'}^[23].
• 162173 Ryugu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.2'}^[24].
• 162173 Ryugu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.55'}^[25].
• 162173 Ryugu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.8839'}^[26].
• 162173 Ryugu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.866551865769142'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Ryūgū-jō is named after 162173 Ryugu^[8].

Why It Matters

162173 Ryugu ranks in the top 1% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (439 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]