16974 Iphthime

Summary

16974 Iphthime is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 16974 Iphthime is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 16974 Iphthime's image is recorded as 16974 Iphthime Hubble.jpg^[4].
• 16974 Iphthime's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 16974 Iphthime's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[6].
• Iphthime is named after 16974 Iphthime^[7].
• 16974 Iphthime's follows is recorded as 16973 Gaspari^[8].
• 16974 Iphthime's followed by is recorded as 16975 Delamere^[9].
• 16974 Iphthime's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 16974 Iphthime's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 16974 Iphthime's Commons category is recorded as 16974 Iphthime^[12].
• 16974 Iphthime's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 16974 Iphthime's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 WX^[14].
• 16974 Iphthime's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 WS^[15].
• 16974 Iphthime's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WR21^[16].
• 16974 Iphthime's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-18T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 16974 Iphthime's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016974^[18].
• 16974 Iphthime's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 16974 Iphthime's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.070'}^[20].
• 16974 Iphthime's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0709189'}^[21].
• 16974 Iphthime's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06910254896106946'}^[22].
• 16974 Iphthime's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 16974 Iphthime's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.80'}^[24].
• 16974 Iphthime's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.9'}^[25].
• 16974 Iphthime's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.93'}^[26].
• 16974 Iphthime's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.03541'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

16974 Iphthime's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Iphthime is named after 16974 Iphthime^[7].

Why It Matters

16974 Iphthime ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]