1647 Menelaus

Summary

1647 Menelaus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 37 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1647 Menelaus is credited with the discovery of Seth Barnes Nicholson^[3].
• 1647 Menelaus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1647 Menelaus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount Wilson Observatory^[5].
• Menelaus is named after 1647 Menelaus^[6].
• 1647 Menelaus followed Q141878^[7].
• 1647 Menelaus was followed by 1648 Shajna^[8].
• 1647 Menelaus's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 1647 Menelaus's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 1647 Menelaus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 1647 Menelaus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1647 Menelaus's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 MK^[13].
• 1647 Menelaus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1957-06-23T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 1647 Menelaus's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 1647 Menelaus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.023'}^[16].
• 1647 Menelaus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0212820'}^[17].
• 1647 Menelaus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02318676414192394'}^[18].
• 1647 Menelaus's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[19].
• 1647 Menelaus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.5'}^[20].
• 1647 Menelaus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.47'}^[21].
• 1647 Menelaus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.644'}^[22].
• 1647 Menelaus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.65034'}^[23].
• 1647 Menelaus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.65264669291042'}^[24].
• 1647 Menelaus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+11.9'}^[25].
• 1647 Menelaus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4331.344112505123'}^[26].
• 1647 Menelaus's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+17.74'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

1647 Menelaus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Menelaus is named after 1647 Menelaus^[6].

Why It Matters

1647 Menelaus has Wikipedia articles in 37 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]