2449 Kenos

Summary

2449 Kenos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2449 Kenos is credited with the discovery of William Liller^[3].
• 2449 Kenos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2449 Kenos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[5].
• Kenos is named after 2449 Kenos^[6].
• 2449 Kenos's follows is recorded as 2448 Sholokhov^[7].
• 2449 Kenos's followed by is recorded as 2450 Ioannisiani^[8].
• 2449 Kenos's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 2449 Kenos's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 2449 Kenos's Commons category is recorded as 2449 Kenos^[11].
• 2449 Kenos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 2449 Kenos's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 GC^[13].
• 2449 Kenos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-04-08T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 2449 Kenos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5nk0^[15].
• 2449 Kenos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002449^[16].
• 2449 Kenos's asteroid spectral type is recorded as E-type asteroid^[17].
• 2449 Kenos's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 2449 Kenos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[19].
• 2449 Kenos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1682825'}^[20].
• 2449 Kenos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1685210740925752'}^[21].
• 2449 Kenos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.26'}^[22].
• 2449 Kenos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.93'}^[23].
• 2449 Kenos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.98117'}^[24].
• 2449 Kenos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.98277022449974'}^[25].
• 2449 Kenos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.64'}^[26].
• 2449 Kenos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+963.1758905876584'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2449 Kenos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Kenos is named after 2449 Kenos^[6].

Why It Matters

2449 Kenos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]