1981 Midas

Summary

1981 Midas is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #25 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1981 Midas is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal^[3].
• 1981 Midas's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[4].
• 1981 Midas's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 1981 Midas's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 1981 Midas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Midas is named after 1981 Midas^[8].
• 1981 Midas's follows is recorded as 1980 Tezcatlipoca^[9].
• 1981 Midas's followed by is recorded as Q746405^[10].
• 1981 Midas's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[11].
• 1981 Midas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 1981 Midas's Commons category is recorded as 1981 Midas^[13].
• 1981 Midas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 1981 Midas's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 EA^[15].
• 1981 Midas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-03-06T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 1981 Midas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yj0g^[17].
• 1981 Midas's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001981^[18].
• 1981 Midas's asteroid spectral type is recorded as V-type asteroid^[19].
• 1981 Midas's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 1981 Midas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.650'}^[21].
• 1981 Midas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6503534'}^[22].
• 1981 Midas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6504955479969629'}^[23].
• 1981 Midas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[24].
• 1981 Midas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.25'}^[25].
• 1981 Midas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+39.838'}^[26].
• 1981 Midas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+39.82690'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Midas is named after 1981 Midas^[8].

Why It Matters

1981 Midas draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #25 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]