2920 Automedon

Summary

2920 Automedon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2920 Automedon is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 2920 Automedon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2920 Automedon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Automedon is named after 2920 Automedon^[6].
• 2920 Automedon's follows is recorded as Q920358^[7].
• 2920 Automedon's followed by is recorded as Q150360^[8].
• 2920 Automedon's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 2920 Automedon's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 2920 Automedon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 2920 Automedon's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Automedon symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 2920 Automedon's Commons category is recorded as 2920 Automedon^[13].
• 2920 Automedon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 2920 Automedon's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 JR^[15].
• 2920 Automedon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-05-03T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 2920 Automedon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03h2j8l^[17].
• 2920 Automedon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002920^[18].
• 2920 Automedon's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 2920 Automedon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.028'}^[20].
• 2920 Automedon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0265304'}^[21].
• 2920 Automedon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02755582015786493'}^[22].
• 2920 Automedon's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 2920 Automedon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.8'}^[24].
• 2920 Automedon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.84'}^[25].
• 2920 Automedon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.119'}^[26].
• 2920 Automedon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.12014'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

2920 Automedon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Automedon is named after 2920 Automedon^[6].

Why It Matters

2920 Automedon ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]