4341 Poseidon

Summary

4341 Poseidon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4341 Poseidon is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4341 Poseidon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4341 Poseidon's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 4341 Poseidon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Poseidon is named after 4341 Poseidon^[7].
• 4341 Poseidon's follows is recorded as Q153667^[8].
• 4341 Poseidon's followed by is recorded as Q153674^[9].
• 4341 Poseidon's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[10].
• 4341 Poseidon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 4341 Poseidon's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Poseidon symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 4341 Poseidon's Commons category is recorded as 4341 Poseidon^[13].
• 4341 Poseidon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 4341 Poseidon's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 KF^[15].
• 4341 Poseidon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-05-29T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 4341 Poseidon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y8137^[17].
• 4341 Poseidon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004341^[18].
• 4341 Poseidon's asteroid spectral type is recorded as O-type asteroid^[19].
• 4341 Poseidon's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 4341 Poseidon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.67923'}^[21].
• 4341 Poseidon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6795046'}^[22].
• 4341 Poseidon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6801107514918033'}^[23].
• 4341 Poseidon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.9'}^[24].
• 4341 Poseidon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.08'}^[25].
• 4341 Poseidon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.85183'}^[26].
• 4341 Poseidon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.84040305414285'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

History and Context

Poseidon is named after 4341 Poseidon^[7].

Why It Matters

4341 Poseidon ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]