486958 Arrokoth

Summary

486958 Arrokoth is a cubewano^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of cubewano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (685 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 486958 Arrokoth is credited with the discovery of Marc Buie^[3].
• 486958 Arrokoth is credited with the discovery of New Horizons KBO Search^[4].
• 486958 Arrokoth's image is recorded as UltimaThule CA06 color 20190516.png^[5].
• 486958 Arrokoth's instance of is recorded as cubewano^[6].
• 486958 Arrokoth's instance of is recorded as contact binary^[7].
• 486958 Arrokoth's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[8].
• 486958 Arrokoth's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Hubble Space Telescope^[9].
• 486958 Arrokoth's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[10].
• 486958 Arrokoth's minor planet group is recorded as cubewano^[11].
• 486958 Arrokoth's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Arrokoth (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 486958 Arrokoth's Commons category is recorded as 486958 Arrokoth^[13].
• 486958 Arrokoth's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 486958 Arrokoth's provisional designation is recorded as 2014 MU69^[15].
• 486958 Arrokoth's catalog code is recorded as 1110113Y^[16].
• 486958 Arrokoth's catalog code is recorded as PT1^[17].
• 486958 Arrokoth's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2014-06-26T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 486958 Arrokoth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01258yfk^[19].
• 486958 Arrokoth's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20486958^[20].
• 486958 Arrokoth's significant event is recorded as discovery^[21].
• 486958 Arrokoth's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 486958 Arrokoth's significant event is recorded as planetary flyby^[23].
• 486958 Arrokoth's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 486958 Arrokoth's significant event is recorded as perihelion^[25].
• 486958 Arrokoth's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0523911611031908'}^[26].
• 486958 Arrokoth's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03724573377361805'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cubewano^[6], contact binary^[7], and trans-Neptunian object^[8].

History and Context

Catalog codes include 1110113Y^[16] and PT1^[17].

Why It Matters

486958 Arrokoth ranks in the top 8% of cubewano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (685 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]