23549 Epicles

Summary

23549 Epicles is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 23549 Epicles is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 23549 Epicles's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 23549 Epicles's instance of is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[5].
• 23549 Epicles's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Côte d'Azur Observatory^[6].
• Epicles is named after 23549 Epicles^[7].
• 23549 Epicles's follows is recorded as (23548) 1994 EF2^[8].
• 23549 Epicles's followed by is recorded as (23550) 1994 GK9^[9].
• 23549 Epicles's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 23549 Epicles's minor planet group is recorded as list of Jupiter Trojans^[11].
• 23549 Epicles's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 23549 Epicles's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 23549 Epicles's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 ES6^[14].
• 23549 Epicles's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-03-09T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 23549 Epicles's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cc8wqx^[16].
• 23549 Epicles's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023549^[17].
• 23549 Epicles's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 23549 Epicles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.044'}^[19].
• 23549 Epicles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0452044'}^[20].
• 23549 Epicles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04474072564254283'}^[21].
• 23549 Epicles's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[22].
• 23549 Epicles's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.6'}^[23].
• 23549 Epicles's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.75'}^[24].
• 23549 Epicles's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.04485'}^[25].
• 23549 Epicles's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.04294565546447'}^[26].
• 23549 Epicles's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+12.07'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and Jupiter trojan^[5].

History and Context

Epicles is named after 23549 Epicles^[7].

Why It Matters

23549 Epicles ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]