24420 Thasos

Summary

24420 Thasos is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 24420 Thasos is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 24420 Thasos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 24420 Thasos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• 24420 Thasos followed (24419) 2000 BE16^[6].
• 24420 Thasos was followed by 24421 Djorgovski^[7].
• 24420 Thasos's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[8].
• 24420 Thasos's minor planet group is recorded as list of Jupiter trojans (Greek camp)^[9].
• 24420 Thasos's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 24420 Thasos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 24420 Thasos's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 BU22^[12].
• 24420 Thasos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 29, 2000^[13].
• 24420 Thasos's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 24420 Thasos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0576865'}^[15].
• 24420 Thasos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05939651497661871'}^[16].
• 24420 Thasos's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[17].
• 24420 Thasos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.5'}^[18].
• 24420 Thasos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.55'}^[19].
• 24420 Thasos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.48000'}^[20].
• 24420 Thasos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.477336267264306'}^[21].
• 24420 Thasos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+12.17'}^[22].
• 24420 Thasos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4458.434447835903'}^[23].
• 24420 Thasos's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+113.86758'}^[24].
• 24420 Thasos's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+113.8718478522195'}^[25].
• 24420 Thasos's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.2907893'}^[26].
• 24420 Thasos's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.301384522601531'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

24420 Thasos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

24420 Thasos has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]