37655 Illapa

Summary

37655 Illapa is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #33 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 37655 Illapa is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 37655 Illapa is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 37655 Illapa's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 37655 Illapa's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 37655 Illapa's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 37655 Illapa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Illapa is named after 37655 Illapa^[9].
• 37655 Illapa's follows is recorded as (37654) 1994 JQ6^[10].
• 37655 Illapa's followed by is recorded as (37656) 1994 PP6^[11].
• 37655 Illapa's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[12].
• 37655 Illapa's Commons category is recorded as 37655 Illapa^[13].
• 37655 Illapa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 37655 Illapa's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PM^[15].
• 37655 Illapa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-08-01T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 37655 Illapa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y4619^[17].
• 37655 Illapa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20037655^[18].
• 37655 Illapa's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 37655 Illapa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.75256'}^[20].
• 37655 Illapa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7524284'}^[21].
• 37655 Illapa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7524459940776936'}^[22].
• 37655 Illapa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.9'}^[23].
• 37655 Illapa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.85'}^[24].
• 37655 Illapa's different from is recorded as Illapa^[25].
• 37655 Illapa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.996'}^[26].
• 37655 Illapa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.00222'}^[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

Illapa is named after 37655 Illapa^[9].

Why It Matters

37655 Illapa draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #33 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]