17492 Hippasos

Summary

17492 Hippasos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17492 Hippasos is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 17492 Hippasos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 17492 Hippasos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[5].
• Hippasus is named after 17492 Hippasos^[6].
• 17492 Hippasos's follows is recorded as (17491) 1991 UM3^[7].
• 17492 Hippasos's followed by is recorded as 17493 Wildcat^[8].
• 17492 Hippasos's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 17492 Hippasos's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 17492 Hippasos's Commons category is recorded as 17492 Hippasos^[11].
• 17492 Hippasos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 17492 Hippasos's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 UA10^[13].
• 17492 Hippasos's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 XG1^[14].
• 17492 Hippasos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-12-10T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 17492 Hippasos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3plz^[16].
• 17492 Hippasos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017492^[17].
• 17492 Hippasos's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 17492 Hippasos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.068'}^[19].
• 17492 Hippasos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0674777'}^[20].
• 17492 Hippasos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07094547319377387'}^[21].
• 17492 Hippasos's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[22].
• 17492 Hippasos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}^[23].
• 17492 Hippasos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.1'}^[24].
• 17492 Hippasos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.04'}^[25].
• 17492 Hippasos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.19859'}^[26].
• 17492 Hippasos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.13895596637146'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

17492 Hippasos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Hippasus is named after 17492 Hippasos^[6].

Why It Matters

17492 Hippasos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]