2357 Phereclos
asteroid
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Summary
2357 Phereclos is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Edward L. G. Bowell[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Anderson Mesa Station[4]
- Named after: Phereclus[5]
- Follows: 2356 Hirons[6]
- Followed by: 2358 Bahner[7]
- Minor planet group: Jupiter trojan[8], Trojan camp trojan asteroid[9], asteroid belt[10]
- Commons category: 2357 Phereclos[11]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[12]
- Provisional designation: 1929 SM[13], 1959 EU[14], 1965 UQ1[15], 1972 JP1[16], 1976 SC1[17], 1977 RM7[18], 1978 VN16[19], 1981 AC[20]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 1, 1981[21]
- Asteroid spectral type: D-type asteroid[22]
- Significant event: naming[23]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.044[24], 0.0449873[25], 0.04607559130416454[26]
- Lagrangian point: L5 Jupiter-Sun[27]
- Absolute magnitude: 8.94[28], 8.98[29]
- Orbital inclination: 2.66891 degree[30], 2.670034226295896 degree[31]
- Orbital period: 11.89 years[32], 4363.741259644684 day[33]
- Rotation period: 14.449 hour[34]
- Longitude of ascending node: 179.24929 degree[35], 179.1682823481803 degree[36]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 5.2099372 astronomical unit[37], 5.226051799604193 astronomical unit[38]
- Apoapsis: 5.444 astronomical unit[39], 5.466845226457149 astronomical unit[40]
- Periapsis: 4.9755560 astronomical unit[41], 4.985258372751236 astronomical unit[42]
- Argument of periapsis: 74.17426 degree[43], 76.95987980030165 degree[44]
- Mean anomaly: 279.81378 degree[45], 149.0245690432237 degree[46]
- Diameter: 94.625 km[47]
Why It Matters
2357 Phereclos has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]