227930 Athos

Summary

227930 Athos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 227930 Athos is credited with the discovery of Bernard Christophe^[3].
• 227930 Athos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 227930 Athos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Saint-Sulpice^[5].
• Athos is named after 227930 Athos^[6].
• 227930 Athos's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[7].
• 227930 Athos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 227930 Athos's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 UX242^[9].
• 227930 Athos's provisional designation is recorded as 2007 GG6^[10].
• 227930 Athos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2007-04-14T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 227930 Athos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20227930^[12].
• 227930 Athos's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 227930 Athos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[14].
• 227930 Athos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2295715285765823'}^[15].
• 227930 Athos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.6'}^[16].
• 227930 Athos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.63'}^[17].
• 227930 Athos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.3'}^[18].
• 227930 Athos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.257614839629268'}^[19].
• 227930 Athos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2038.788889569581'}^[20].
• 227930 Athos's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+48.3'}^[21].
• 227930 Athos's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+48.28693140902442'}^[22].
• 227930 Athos's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.146655663168009'}^[23].
• 227930 Athos's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.869038213665648'}^[24].
• 227930 Athos's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.42427311267037'}^[25].
• 227930 Athos's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+251.2'}^[26].
• 227930 Athos's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+250.7201521978648'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

227930 Athos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Athos is named after 227930 Athos^[6].

Why It Matters

227930 Athos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]