20729 Opheltius

Summary

20729 Opheltius is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20729 Opheltius is credited with the discovery of Charles W. Juels^[3].
• 20729 Opheltius's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 20729 Opheltius's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Fountain Hills Observatory^[5].
• 20729 Opheltius's follows is recorded as (20728) 1999 XD143^[6].
• 20729 Opheltius's followed by is recorded as 20730 Jorgecarvano^[7].
• 20729 Opheltius's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[8].
• 20729 Opheltius's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[9].
• 20729 Opheltius's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 20729 Opheltius's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XS143^[11].
• 20729 Opheltius's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-12-15T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 20729 Opheltius's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020729^[13].
• 20729 Opheltius's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 20729 Opheltius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0638'}^[15].
• 20729 Opheltius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0642437'}^[16].
• 20729 Opheltius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06443309329927846'}^[17].
• 20729 Opheltius's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[18].
• 20729 Opheltius's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.4'}^[19].
• 20729 Opheltius's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.49'}^[20].
• 20729 Opheltius's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.01007'}^[21].
• 20729 Opheltius's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.00040318114543'}^[22].
• 20729 Opheltius's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+11.91'}^[23].
• 20729 Opheltius's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4361.061182850941'}^[24].
• 20729 Opheltius's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.72'}^[25].
• 20729 Opheltius's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+306.91383'}^[26].
• 20729 Opheltius's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+306.9276698940161'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

20729 Opheltius's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

20729 Opheltius ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]