1685 Toro

Summary

1685 Toro is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1685 Toro is credited with the discovery of Carl A. Wirtanen^[3].
• 1685 Toro's image is recorded as 001685-asteroid shape model (1685) Toro.png^[4].
• 1685 Toro's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 1685 Toro's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 1685 Toro's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lick Observatory^[7].
• 1685 Toro's follows is recorded as 1684 Iguassú^[8].
• 1685 Toro's followed by is recorded as Q142362^[9].
• 1685 Toro's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[10].
• 1685 Toro's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 1685 Toro's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Toro symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 1685 Toro's Commons category is recorded as 1685 Toro^[13].
• 1685 Toro's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 1685 Toro's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 OA^[15].
• 1685 Toro's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1948-07-17T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 1685 Toro's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/073klc^[17].
• 1685 Toro's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001685^[18].
• 1685 Toro's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 1685 Toro's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 1685 Toro's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.436'}^[21].
• 1685 Toro's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4360652'}^[22].
• 1685 Toro's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4360487430714525'}^[23].
• 1685 Toro's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.23'}^[24].
• 1685 Toro's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.28'}^[25].
• 1685 Toro's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.38065'}^[26].
• 1685 Toro's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.381842770224067'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

1685 Toro ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]