4179 Toutatis

Summary

4179 Toutatis is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4179 Toutatis is credited with the discovery of Christian Pollas^[3].
• 4179 Toutatis's image is recorded as Toutatis.jpg^[4].
• 4179 Toutatis's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 4179 Toutatis's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 4179 Toutatis's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 4179 Toutatis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Côte d'Azur Observatory^[8].
• 4179 Toutatis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Caussols^[9].
• Q939549 is named after 4179 Toutatis^[10].
• 4179 Toutatis's follows is recorded as Q152889^[11].
• 4179 Toutatis's followed by is recorded as Q583503^[12].
• 4179 Toutatis's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[13].
• 4179 Toutatis's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[14].
• 4179 Toutatis's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2001006391^[15].
• 4179 Toutatis's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Toutatis symbol (fixed width).svg^[16].
• 4179 Toutatis's Commons category is recorded as 4179 Toutatis^[17].
• 4179 Toutatis's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[18].
• 4179 Toutatis's provisional designation is recorded as 1934 CT^[19].
• 4179 Toutatis's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 AC^[20].
• 4179 Toutatis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-01-04T00:00:00Z^[21].
• 4179 Toutatis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cq4s^[22].
• 4179 Toutatis's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004179^[23].
• 4179 Toutatis's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[24].
• 4179 Toutatis's significant event is recorded as naming^[25].
• 4179 Toutatis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.635'}^[26].
• 4179 Toutatis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6288851'}^[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

Q939549 is named after 4179 Toutatis^[10].

Why It Matters

4179 Toutatis ranks in the top 3% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]