2101 Adonis

Summary

2101 Adonis is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #21 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2101 Adonis is credited with the discovery of Eugène Joseph Delporte^[3].
• 2101 Adonis's image is recorded as Орбита астероида 2101 (плоскость).png^[4].
• 2101 Adonis's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 2101 Adonis's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 2101 Adonis's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 2101 Adonis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Royal Observatory of Belgium^[8].
• Adonis is named after 2101 Adonis^[9].
• 2101 Adonis's follows is recorded as 2100 Ra-Shalom^[10].
• 2101 Adonis's followed by is recorded as 2102 Tantalus^[11].
• 2101 Adonis's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[12].
• 2101 Adonis's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[13].
• 2101 Adonis's Commons category is recorded as 2101 Adonis^[14].
• 2101 Adonis's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 2101 Adonis's provisional designation is recorded as 1936 CA^[16].
• 2101 Adonis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1936-02-12T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 2101 Adonis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04xzls^[18].
• 2101 Adonis's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002101^[19].
• 2101 Adonis's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 2101 Adonis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.765'}^[21].
• 2101 Adonis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7644229'}^[22].
• 2101 Adonis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7641272866540292'}^[23].
• 2101 Adonis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.8'}^[24].
• 2101 Adonis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.69'}^[25].
• 2101 Adonis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.349'}^[26].
• 2101 Adonis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.32368'}^[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

Adonis is named after 2101 Adonis^[9].

Why It Matters

2101 Adonis draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #21 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]