28978 Ixion

Summary

28978 Ixion is a plutino^[1]. It draws 249 Wikipedia views per month (plutino category, ranking #2 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• 28978 Ixion is credited with the discovery of Deep Ecliptic Survey^[3].
• 28978 Ixion is credited with the discovery of Marc Buie^[4].
• 28978 Ixion's image is recorded as 28978-ixion hst.jpg^[5].
• 28978 Ixion's instance of is recorded as plutino^[6].
• 28978 Ixion's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[7].
• Ixion is named after 28978 Ixion^[8].
• 28978 Ixion's follows is recorded as (28977) 2001 KP73^[9].
• 28978 Ixion's followed by is recorded as (28979) 2001 LW^[10].
• 28978 Ixion's minor planet group is recorded as plutino^[11].
• 28978 Ixion's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Ixion symbol (Latin, fixed width).svg^[12].
• 28978 Ixion's Commons category is recorded as 28978 Ixion^[13].
• 28978 Ixion's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 28978 Ixion's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 KX76^[15].
• 28978 Ixion's orbit diagram is recorded as Ixion orbit.png^[16].
• 28978 Ixion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-05-22T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 28978 Ixion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_3jz^[18].
• 28978 Ixion's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20028978^[19].
• 28978 Ixion's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 28978 Ixion's IPA transcription is recorded as ɪkˈsaɪ.ən^[21].
• 28978 Ixion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.242'}^[22].
• 28978 Ixion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2422182'}^[23].
• 28978 Ixion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2442328489971719'}^[24].
• 28978 Ixion's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.84'}^[25].
• 28978 Ixion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.6'}^[26].
• 28978 Ixion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.47'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Deep Ecliptic Survey^[3], an astronomical survey^[28], in United States^[29] and Marc Buie^[4], an astronomer^[30], b. 1958^[31], of United States^[32], specialised in planetary science^[33].

Why It Matters

28978 Ixion draws 249 Wikipedia views per month (plutino category, ranking #2 of 9).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]