1862 Apollo

Summary

1862 Apollo is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1862 Apollo is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth^[3].
• 1862 Apollo's image is recorded as 1862Apollo (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 1862 Apollo's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 1862 Apollo's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 1862 Apollo's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 1862 Apollo's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[8].
• Apollo is named after 1862 Apollo^[9].
• 1862 Apollo's follows is recorded as 1861 Komenský^[10].
• 1862 Apollo's followed by is recorded as Q144913^[11].
• 1862 Apollo's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[12].
• 1862 Apollo's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[13].
• 1862 Apollo's astronomic symbol image is recorded as 1862 Apollo symbol (fixed width).svg^[14].
• 1862 Apollo's Commons category is recorded as 1862 Apollo^[15].
• 1862 Apollo's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[16].
• 1862 Apollo's child astronomical body is recorded as S/2005 (1862) 1^[17].
• 1862 Apollo's provisional designation is recorded as 1932 HA^[18].
• 1862 Apollo's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1932-04-24T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 1862 Apollo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rmn4^[20].
• 1862 Apollo's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001862^[21].
• 1862 Apollo's asteroid spectral type is recorded as Q-type asteroid^[22].
• 1862 Apollo's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 1862 Apollo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.560'}^[24].
• 1862 Apollo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5598234'}^[25].
• 1862 Apollo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5599179930610263'}^[26].
• 1862 Apollo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.25'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[5], near-Earth object^[6], and near-Earth asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Apollo is named after 1862 Apollo^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 1862 Apollo include Apollo asteroid^[28], an asteroid family^[29].

Why It Matters

1862 Apollo ranks in the top 6% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Apollo asteroid^[28], an asteroid family^[29].