4660 Nereus

Summary

4660 Nereus is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #17 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4660 Nereus is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 4660 Nereus's image is recorded as Nereus.jpg^[4].
• 4660 Nereus's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 4660 Nereus's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 4660 Nereus's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 4660 Nereus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Nereus is named after 4660 Nereus^[9].
• 4660 Nereus's follows is recorded as 4659 Roddenberry^[10].
• 4660 Nereus's followed by is recorded as 4661 Yebes^[11].
• 4660 Nereus's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[12].
• 4660 Nereus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[13].
• 4660 Nereus's Commons category is recorded as 4660 Nereus^[14].
• 4660 Nereus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 4660 Nereus's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 DB^[16].
• 4660 Nereus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-02-28T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 4660 Nereus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02t86n^[18].
• 4660 Nereus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004660^[19].
• 4660 Nereus's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[20].
• 4660 Nereus's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 4660 Nereus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3600'}^[22].
• 4660 Nereus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3601765'}^[23].
• 4660 Nereus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3587882686489839'}^[24].
• 4660 Nereus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.2'}^[25].
• 4660 Nereus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.75'}^[26].
• 4660 Nereus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.43200'}^[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

Nereus is named after 4660 Nereus^[9].

Why It Matters

4660 Nereus draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #17 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]