224617 Micromégas

Summary

224617 Micromégas is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 224617 Micromégas is credited with the discovery of Jean-Claude Merlin^[3].
• 224617 Micromégas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 224617 Micromégas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nogales^[5].
• Micromégas is named after 224617 Micromégas^[6].
• 224617 Micromégas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[7].
• 224617 Micromégas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 224617 Micromégas's provisional designation is recorded as 2005 YZ70^[9].
• 224617 Micromégas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 22, 2005^[10].
• 224617 Micromégas's significant event is recorded as naming^[11].
• 224617 Micromégas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[12].
• 224617 Micromégas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06369058097489903'}^[13].
• 224617 Micromégas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.6'}^[14].
• 224617 Micromégas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.61'}^[15].
• 224617 Micromégas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.2'}^[16].
• 224617 Micromégas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.197402218964297'}^[17].
• 224617 Micromégas's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1896.941962335899'}^[18].
• 224617 Micromégas's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+108.6'}^[19].
• 224617 Micromégas's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+108.5369462261033'}^[20].
• 224617 Micromégas's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.998958190887653'}^[21].
• 224617 Micromégas's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.18996358038472'}^[22].
• 224617 Micromégas's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.807952801390587'}^[23].
• 224617 Micromégas's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+186.3'}^[24].
• 224617 Micromégas's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+186.0904646212927'}^[25].
• 224617 Micromégas's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+110.7'}^[26].
• 224617 Micromégas's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+111.903665729429'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

224617 Micromégas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Micromégas is named after 224617 Micromégas^[6].

Why It Matters

224617 Micromégas ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]