2202 Pele

Summary

2202 Pele is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2202 Pele is credited with the discovery of Arnold Richard Klemola^[3].
• 2202 Pele's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2202 Pele's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2202 Pele's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lick Observatory^[6].
• Pele is named after 2202 Pele^[7].
• 2202 Pele's follows is recorded as 2201 Oljato^[8].
• 2202 Pele's followed by is recorded as Q124416^[9].
• 2202 Pele's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 2202 Pele's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 2202 Pele's Commons category is recorded as 2202 Pele^[12].
• 2202 Pele's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 2202 Pele's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 RA^[14].
• 2202 Pele's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1972-09-07T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 2202 Pele's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d6ym5^[16].
• 2202 Pele's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002202^[17].
• 2202 Pele's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 2202 Pele's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.511642'}^[19].
• 2202 Pele's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5130489'}^[20].
• 2202 Pele's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5128652419901737'}^[21].
• 2202 Pele's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.2'}^[22].
• 2202 Pele's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.1'}^[23].
• 2202 Pele's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.98'}^[24].
• 2202 Pele's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.739'}^[25].
• 2202 Pele's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.74486'}^[26].
• 2202 Pele's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.743188811693603'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Pele is named after 2202 Pele^[7].

Why It Matters

2202 Pele ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]