42355 Typhon

Summary

42355 Typhon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month, #39 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 42355 Typhon is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[3].
• 42355 Typhon's image is recorded as Typhon-echidna hst.jpg^[4].
• 42355 Typhon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 42355 Typhon's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[6].
• 42355 Typhon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Typhon is named after 42355 Typhon^[8].
• 42355 Typhon's follows is recorded as Q2710008^[9].
• 42355 Typhon's followed by is recorded as (42356) 2002 CA47^[10].
• 42355 Typhon's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[11].
• 42355 Typhon's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Typhon symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 42355 Typhon's Commons category is recorded as 42355 Typhon^[13].
• 42355 Typhon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 42355 Typhon's child astronomical body is recorded as Echidna^[15].
• 42355 Typhon's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 CR46^[16].
• 42355 Typhon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-02-05T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 42355 Typhon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027nlgk^[18].
• 42355 Typhon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20042355^[19].
• 42355 Typhon's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 42355 Typhon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.540'}^[21].
• 42355 Typhon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5366891218671359'}^[22].
• 42355 Typhon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.5'}^[23].
• 42355 Typhon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.63'}^[24].
• 42355 Typhon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.4280935'}^[25].
• 42355 Typhon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.428125528641061'}^[26].
• 42355 Typhon's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+81'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and trans-Neptunian object^[6].

History and Context

Typhon is named after 42355 Typhon^[8].

Why It Matters

42355 Typhon ranks in the top 0.95% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month, #39 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]