37117 Narcissus

Summary

37117 Narcissus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 37117 Narcissus is credited with the discovery of William Kwong Yu Yeung^[3].
• 37117 Narcissus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 37117 Narcissus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Desert Beaver Observatory^[5].
• 37117 Narcissus's follows is recorded as (37116) 2000 UG110^[6].
• 37117 Narcissus's followed by is recorded as (37118) 2000 VW4^[7].
• 37117 Narcissus's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[8].
• 37117 Narcissus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 37117 Narcissus's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 VU2^[10].
• 37117 Narcissus's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 VW55^[11].
• 37117 Narcissus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-01T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 37117 Narcissus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ch4wz7^[13].
• 37117 Narcissus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20037117^[14].
• 37117 Narcissus's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 37117 Narcissus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.554'}^[16].
• 37117 Narcissus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5536145'}^[17].
• 37117 Narcissus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5542916198891095'}^[18].
• 37117 Narcissus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[19].
• 37117 Narcissus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.39'}^[20].
• 37117 Narcissus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.81437'}^[21].
• 37117 Narcissus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.80499'}^[22].
• 37117 Narcissus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.823490573884'}^[23].
• 37117 Narcissus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+18.05'}^[24].
• 37117 Narcissus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+6595.89242462126'}^[25].
• 37117 Narcissus's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+248.51696'}^[26].
• 37117 Narcissus's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+248.4017960644486'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

37117 Narcissus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

37117 Narcissus ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]