3596 Meriones

Summary

3596 Meriones is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3596 Meriones is credited with the discovery of Poul Jensen^[3].
• 3596 Meriones is credited with the discovery of Karl Augustesen^[4].
• 3596 Meriones's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3596 Meriones's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Brorfelde Observatory^[6].
• Meriones is named after 3596 Meriones^[7].
• 3596 Meriones's follows is recorded as 3595 Gallagher^[8].
• 3596 Meriones's followed by is recorded as Q151878^[9].
• 3596 Meriones's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 3596 Meriones's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 3596 Meriones's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 3596 Meriones's Commons category is recorded as 3596 Meriones^[13].
• 3596 Meriones's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 3596 Meriones's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 TR4^[15].
• 3596 Meriones's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SS5^[16].
• 3596 Meriones's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 VO^[17].
• 3596 Meriones's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-11-14T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 3596 Meriones's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026vwmc^[19].
• 3596 Meriones's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003596^[20].
• 3596 Meriones's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 3596 Meriones's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.074'}^[22].
• 3596 Meriones's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0731032'}^[23].
• 3596 Meriones's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07481309848806302'}^[24].
• 3596 Meriones's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[25].
• 3596 Meriones's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.2'}^[26].
• 3596 Meriones's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.3'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3596 Meriones's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Meriones is named after 3596 Meriones^[7].

Why It Matters

3596 Meriones ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]