2212 Hephaistos

Summary

2212 Hephaistos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2212 Hephaistos is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Chernykh^[3].
• 2212 Hephaistos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2212 Hephaistos's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2212 Hephaistos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[6].
• Hephaestus is named after 2212 Hephaistos^[7].
• 2212 Hephaistos's follows is recorded as Q196846^[8].
• 2212 Hephaistos's followed by is recorded as Q148206^[9].
• 2212 Hephaistos's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[10].
• 2212 Hephaistos's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 2212 Hephaistos's Commons category is recorded as 2212 Hephaistos^[12].
• 2212 Hephaistos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 2212 Hephaistos's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 SB^[14].
• 2212 Hephaistos's orbit diagram is recorded as Орбита астероида 2212.png^[15].
• 2212 Hephaistos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-09-27T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 2212 Hephaistos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3ktg^[17].
• 2212 Hephaistos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002212^[18].
• 2212 Hephaistos's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 2212 Hephaistos's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 2212 Hephaistos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8341'}^[21].
• 2212 Hephaistos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8377087'}^[22].
• 2212 Hephaistos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.834660340300124'}^[23].
• 2212 Hephaistos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.87'}^[24].
• 2212 Hephaistos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[25].
• 2212 Hephaistos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.55312'}^[26].
• 2212 Hephaistos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.20254821661098'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Hephaestus is named after 2212 Hephaistos^[7].

Why It Matters

2212 Hephaistos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]