31824 Elatus

Summary

31824 Elatus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 31824 Elatus is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey^[3].
• 31824 Elatus's image is recorded as 31824 Elatus Hubble.jpg^[4].
• 31824 Elatus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 31824 Elatus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station^[6].
• Elatus is named after 31824 Elatus^[7].
• 31824 Elatus's follows is recorded as 31823 Viète^[8].
• 31824 Elatus's followed by is recorded as (31825) 1999 UL13^[9].
• 31824 Elatus's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[10].
• 31824 Elatus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Elatus symbol.svg^[11].
• 31824 Elatus's Commons category is recorded as 31824 Elatus^[12].
• 31824 Elatus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 31824 Elatus's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 UG5^[14].
• 31824 Elatus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-10-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 31824 Elatus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1jzg^[16].
• 31824 Elatus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20031824^[17].
• 31824 Elatus's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 31824 Elatus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3809515731687811'}^[19].
• 31824 Elatus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3813889'}^[20].
• 31824 Elatus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3837534242113736'}^[21].
• 31824 Elatus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.1'}^[22].
• 31824 Elatus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.26'}^[23].
• 31824 Elatus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.24419'}^[24].
• 31824 Elatus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.25227923028033'}^[25].
• 31824 Elatus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+40.52'}^[26].
• 31824 Elatus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+14731.54999556253'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

31824 Elatus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Elatus is named after 31824 Elatus^[7].

Why It Matters

31824 Elatus ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]