3552 Don Quixote

Summary

3552 Don Quixote is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3552 Don Quixote is credited with the discovery of Paul Wild^[3].
• 3552 Don Quixote's image is recorded as 3552Don2-LB4-mag15.jpg^[4].
• 3552 Don Quixote's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3552 Don Quixote's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 3552 Don Quixote's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Zimmerwald Observatory^[7].
• Don Quixote is named after 3552 Don Quixote^[8].
• Alonso Quijano is named after 3552 Don Quixote^[9].
• 3552 Don Quixote's follows is recorded as Q151807^[10].
• 3552 Don Quixote's followed by is recorded as 3553 Mera^[11].
• 3552 Don Quixote's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[12].
• 3552 Don Quixote's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[13].
• 3552 Don Quixote's Commons category is recorded as 3552 Don Quixote^[14].
• 3552 Don Quixote's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 3552 Don Quixote's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 SA^[16].
• 3552 Don Quixote's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-09-26T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 3552 Don Quixote's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02y07k^[18].
• 3552 Don Quixote's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003552^[19].
• 3552 Don Quixote's asteroid spectral type is recorded as D-type asteroid^[20].
• 3552 Don Quixote's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 3552 Don Quixote's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.713'}^[22].
• 3552 Don Quixote's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7088440'}^[23].
• 3552 Don Quixote's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7072875592513527'}^[24].
• 3552 Don Quixote's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[25].
• 3552 Don Quixote's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.04'}^[26].
• 3552 Don Quixote's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+30.841'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Things named after include Don Quixote^[8], a literary work^[28], written by Miguel de Cervantes^[29] and Alonso Quijano^[9], a fictional human^[30].

Why It Matters

3552 Don Quixote ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]