2456 Palamedes

Summary

2456 Palamedes is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2456 Palamedes is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].
• 2456 Palamedes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2456 Palamedes's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Purple Mountain Observatory^[5].
• Palamedes is named after 2456 Palamedes^[6].
• 2456 Palamedes's follows is recorded as Q149073^[7].
• 2456 Palamedes's followed by is recorded as 2457 Rublyov^[8].
• 2456 Palamedes's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 2456 Palamedes's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 2456 Palamedes's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 2456 Palamedes's Commons category is recorded as 2456 Palamedes^[12].
• 2456 Palamedes's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 2456 Palamedes's provisional designation is recorded as 1966 BA1^[14].
• 2456 Palamedes's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 TJ^[15].
• 2456 Palamedes's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 AK1^[16].
• 2456 Palamedes's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 EF^[17].
• 2456 Palamedes's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1966-01-30T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 2456 Palamedes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03h2h_9^[19].
• 2456 Palamedes's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002456^[20].
• 2456 Palamedes's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 2456 Palamedes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.074'}^[22].
• 2456 Palamedes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0741219'}^[23].
• 2456 Palamedes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0749583766098246'}^[24].
• 2456 Palamedes's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[25].
• 2456 Palamedes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.3'}^[26].
• 2456 Palamedes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.24'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2456 Palamedes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Palamedes is named after 2456 Palamedes^[6].

Why It Matters

2456 Palamedes ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]