3200 Phaethon

Summary

3200 Phaethon is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3200 Phaethon is credited with the discovery of IRAS^[3].
• 3200 Phaethon's image is recorded as Asteroid Phaethon 25dec2010 stack.jpg^[4].
• 3200 Phaethon's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 3200 Phaethon's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 3200 Phaethon's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 3200 Phaethon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as IRAS^[8].
• Phaethon is named after 3200 Phaethon^[9].
• 3200 Phaethon's follows is recorded as 3199 Nefertiti^[10].
• 3200 Phaethon's followed by is recorded as Q151017^[11].
• 3200 Phaethon's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[12].
• 3200 Phaethon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[13].
• 3200 Phaethon's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 242714125^[14].
• 3200 Phaethon's GND ID is recorded as 4347954-6^[15].
• 3200 Phaethon's Commons category is recorded as 3200 Phaethon^[16].
• 3200 Phaethon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[17].
• 3200 Phaethon's child astronomical body is recorded as Geminids^[18].
• 3200 Phaethon's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 TB^[19].
• 3200 Phaethon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-10-11T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 3200 Phaethon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wwb2^[21].
• 3200 Phaethon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003200^[22].
• 3200 Phaethon's asteroid spectral type is recorded as B-type asteroid^[23].
• 3200 Phaethon's asteroid spectral type is recorded as F-type asteroid^[24].
• 3200 Phaethon's significant event is recorded as naming^[25].
• 3200 Phaethon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.890'}^[26].
• 3200 Phaethon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8898977'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[5], near-Earth object^[6], and near-Earth asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Phaethon is named after 3200 Phaethon^[9].

Why It Matters

3200 Phaethon ranks in the top 4% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]