3451 Mentor

Summary

3451 Mentor is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3451 Mentor is credited with the discovery of Antonín Mrkos^[3].
• 3451 Mentor's image is recorded as 003451-asteroid shape model (3451) Mentor.png^[4].
• 3451 Mentor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3451 Mentor's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory^[6].
• Mentor is named after 3451 Mentor^[7].
• 3451 Mentor's follows is recorded as 3450 Dommanget^[8].
• 3451 Mentor's followed by is recorded as Q239428^[9].
• 3451 Mentor's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 3451 Mentor's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 3451 Mentor's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 3451 Mentor's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Mentor symbol (fixed width).svg^[13].
• 3451 Mentor's Commons category is recorded as 3451 Mentor^[14].
• 3451 Mentor's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 3451 Mentor's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 HG1^[16].
• 3451 Mentor's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 HA1^[17].
• 3451 Mentor's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1984-04-19T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 3451 Mentor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7fm0^[19].
• 3451 Mentor's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003451^[20].
• 3451 Mentor's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[21].
• 3451 Mentor's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 3451 Mentor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.071'}^[23].
• 3451 Mentor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0691608'}^[24].
• 3451 Mentor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07457099181744761'}^[25].
• 3451 Mentor's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[26].
• 3451 Mentor's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.5'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3451 Mentor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Mentor is named after 3451 Mentor^[7].

Why It Matters

3451 Mentor ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]