181279 Iapyx

Summary

181279 Iapyx is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 181279 Iapyx is credited with the discovery of Jean-Claude Merlin^[3].
• 181279 Iapyx's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 181279 Iapyx's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Tenagra II Observatory^[5].
• 181279 Iapyx's follows is recorded as (181278) 2005 YR53^[6].
• 181279 Iapyx's followed by is recorded as (181280) 2006 ES71^[7].
• 181279 Iapyx's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[8].
• 181279 Iapyx's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[9].
• 181279 Iapyx's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 181279 Iapyx's provisional designation is recorded as 2006 BF8^[11].
• 181279 Iapyx's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-01-22T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 181279 Iapyx's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cvmvc9^[13].
• 181279 Iapyx's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20181279^[14].
• 181279 Iapyx's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 181279 Iapyx's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.063'}^[16].
• 181279 Iapyx's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06234874911100122'}^[17].
• 181279 Iapyx's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[18].
• 181279 Iapyx's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13'}^[19].
• 181279 Iapyx's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.07'}^[20].
• 181279 Iapyx's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.51377'}^[21].
• 181279 Iapyx's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.5305479840573'}^[22].
• 181279 Iapyx's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4294.940181926013'}^[23].
• 181279 Iapyx's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+149.79808'}^[24].
• 181279 Iapyx's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+149.7967744079174'}^[25].
• 181279 Iapyx's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+775755000'}^[26].
• 181279 Iapyx's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.170975281929318'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

181279 Iapyx's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

181279 Iapyx ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]